When we think of the murals in domestic spaces in Pompeii, we typically think of extravagant banqueting rooms or lavish columned atriums. But researchers have concluded that even “tiny houses” in the ...

These figures stood in stark contrast to those the visitors had seen in the exquisite painting of a Dionysian initiation at a recent party in an opulent seaside villa. Holding a wine glass in one hand ...

It’s a place to have a spa day fit for an emperor. The largest private Roman bathhouse ever found in the ruined ancient city of Pompeii has been discovered recently by archaeologists under a pile of ...

The discovery began with an architectural puzzle: a staircase inside a Roman house that seemed to climb into empty air, its upper destination erased by time. That “stairway to nowhere” has now become ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Only three others bath houses of similar dimensions have been found in Pompeii - Splash News A private spa complex belonging to a ...

Archaeologists have discovered new evidence pointing to the reoccupation of Pompeii following the 79 AD eruption of Mount Vesuvius that left the city in ruins, the directors of the famous site said ...

Researchers investigating the well-known House of Thiasus in Pompeii became fascinated with an unconnected stone staircase. A digital architectural reconstruction (based on features still present at ...

In 79 CE, Mount Vesuvius erupted with tremendous force, burying the nearby Roman cities of Pompeii and Herculaneum—and possibly around 16,000 people—under ash and pumice. Almost 2000 years later, ...

Two sets of human remains, a variety of paintings, and a handful of childrens’ doodles were recently found in Pompeii, the ancient Roman town that was buried by a volcanic eruption in 79. Pompeii was ...