A review of ancient Greek and Roman roses has uncovered evidence that yellow blooms may have grown near Pompeii nearly 2,000 years ago. Researchers examining preserved rose stems from Oplontis, a Roman site near the city, found one fragment...
Archaeologists in Pompeii have uncovered the remains of an ancient wooden cabinet containing childhood charms, cosmetics, and 38 bronze coins, offering new clues about the lives of residents before Mount Vesuvius destroyed the Roman city in A.D. 79. The...
Ancient water channels and possible wartime bomb craters may lie hidden beneath Pompeii, according to new research that used advanced scanning technology to examine the Roman city's underground remains. The findings reveal possible traces of ancient drainage systems, earlier...
Nearly 2,000 years ago, Roman author and statesman Pliny the Younger described the catastrophic eruption of Mount Vesuvius that buried Pompeii and Herculaneum. Now, scientists have used the historically documented disaster to test a volcanic dating method with unprecedented...
A remarkable set of Dionysian frescoes at Pompeii has inspired a new project exploring the ancient city's ties to the Greek god of wine, theater, and ecstasy. The project, "Ecstatic Pompeii," grew out of the 2025 discovery of a...
The Archaeological Park of Pompeii has revealed a new bronze reconstruction of the Canon of Polykleitos, one of the most admired masterpieces of ancient Greek sculpture, marking a milestone for Pompeii as a center of classical research.
The statue was...
Archaeologists in Pompeii have restored a Dionysian ceiling that once crowned a lavish banquet hall in one of the ancient city's grandest homes, giving historians a new look at how Roman elites lived and entertained.
The Pompeii Archaeological Park unveiled...
Pompeii has reopened the House of Apollo Citharoedus, one of the largest ancient homes at the site, after months of restoration work. The house is now open to the public for the first time in years.
The home sits along...
A small nocturnal bird long associated with Athena, the Greek goddess of wisdom, has made the ancient ruins of Pompeii its year-round home, archaeological park officials said. The little owl, known scientifically as Athene noctua, has symbolized wisdom since...
Archaeologists at Pompeii have used artificial intelligence (AI) to reconstruct the final moments of a man who died trying to escape the eruption of Mount Vesuvius in 79 A.D. The reconstruction, developed in collaboration with the University of Padua,...
