Its size was uncommonly small compared with others found in Pompeii, including some situated ... The snakes were positioned ...

In the city of Pompeii, archaeologists have uncovered an ancient tiny house that, while small in size ... The snakes frame an altar where offerings would have been placed, according to the ...

That’s what began to fall on Pompeii.” At first, the choking rain of ash and small pumice stones wasn’t lethal. An estimated 80 percent of Pompeii’s residents likely fled to the safety of ...

Archaeologists excavating the Porta Sarno necropolis in Pompeii, Italy, discovered life-sized statues of a man and woman as part of a funerary relief. Experts believe the couple depicted were of ...

Two of the area's most iconic locales – Mount Vesuvius and Pompeii – can be found roughly 15 miles away from central Naples. Mount Vesuvius is the only active volcano left on Europe's mainland ...