The passage of time has done nothing to diminish Pompeii's capacity to shock. With ossified bodies and filthy paintings ...

Archaeologists working at a city in the ancient Roman city of Pompeii have discovered two life-sized funerary statues ...

Nearly 2,000 years after a volcanic eruption caused hot ash to blanket the city, construction on railway lines revealed a ...

Archaeologists have uncovered two nearly life-sized sculptures of a man and a woman in a tomb near one of Pompeii's main ...

Archaeologists working at a city in the ancient Roman city of ... published by the E-Journal of the Excavations of Pompeii. “Both the bodies and heads of the well-to-do young married couple ...

While excavating the ruins of Pompeii, the ancient Roman city destroyed by the eruption of Mount Vesuvius in 79 C.E., ...

Two life-sized statues have been unearthed in Pompeii, including a bejewelled priestess of the ancient goddess Ceres.

Around the world, museums are grappling with the question of what to do with human remains. This includes lifelike copies of those who may have died traumatically.

The victim, who was crushed by an enormous stone while trying to escape, is the latest in a series of discoveries at a ...

In the ancient city of Pompeii, a newly excavated tomb revealed ... Archaeologists also noted the carved accessories on the wife’s body, according to the releases, along with the elaborate ...