Two relief sculptures of a man and a woman have just been discovered during excavations of a tomb in Pompeii. The sculpture of the young spouse is particularly intriguing. Almost 2,000 years after ...

Archaeologists make breakthrough as life-size sculptures discovered in Pompeii tomb - ANALYSIS: New discoveries are overturning the assumptions that used to be made about a woman’s place in ...

By 79, Pompeii had a population of 20,000. The eruption lasted for two days. The first phase was of pumice rain,) lasting about 18 hours, allowing most inhabitants to escape.

2 statues discovered in Pompeii during tomb excavation 00:25. Life-sized statues of a man and a woman were discovered in a tomb in Pompeii, researchers said, thousands of years after a deadly ...

Organized by the office of Pompeii’s archaeological superintendent, the exhibition includes nearly 500 objects (sculpture, jewelry, frescoes, household objects and plaster casts of the dead ...

Pompeii alone is believed to have been inhabited by about 20,000 people. Most escaped. But archaeologists estimate that about 2000 lingered too long, or decided to ride the disaster out.

Archaeologists in Pompeii have uncovered two immaculately preserved statues which ... appearing to be a single sculpture,” lead author Llorenç Alapont and his fellow researchers wrote of ...

The continuing discoveries at Pompeii 05:42. Archaeologists in Pompeii unearthed a rare tiny home while excavating the site of the ancient Italian city, officials said.

Authorities at Pompeii in southern Italy are introducing a daily limit of 20,000 visitors as part of efforts to protect the ancient site. The measure, which will come into force from November 15 ...

Archaeologists make breakthrough as life-size sculptures discovered in Pompeii tomb. New discoveries are overturning the assumptions that used to be made about a woman’s place in society, writes ...