Fish, grains, meat, and vegetables, but also figs, hazelnuts, bread, and other healthy foods. Through the analysis of some skeletons from the Herculaneum Archaeological Park some time ago, it ...

Cologne was once Colonia Claudia Ara Agrippinensium, a powerhouse of the Roman Empire. The governor lived here in a massive palace called the Praetorium. We’ve known about the palace for decades, but ...

Amid the remains of a sumptuous villa near Pompeii, the hard-hatted conservationist scraped away centuries-old ash to reveal a vibrant red fresco.

Herculaneum beach in the ancient Roman town of Herculaneum, buried along with Pompeii by the eruption of Mount Vesuvius on October 24th 79 AD, is to be excavated and restored. When the archaeologists ...

In 79 A.D., fierce volcanic eruptions buried several towns and villas that hugged the slopes of Mt. Vesuvius with molten lava and ash. Many of these sites were not unearthed until the modern era, when ...

DCIM100MEDIA: Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 4.0 International license. Some places have a remarkable ability to captivate travelers. Pompeii is one of them. This significant archaeological ...

The Excavations of Herculaneum light up under the moonlight for a summer dedicated to archaeology and splendor. From July to September, the Archaeological Park of Herculaneum opens its doors at sunset ...

At Ancient Origins, we believe that one of the most important fields of knowledge we can pursue as human beings is our beginnings. And while some people may seem content with the story as it stands, ...

The scroll named PHerc. 172, one of three from Herculaneum housed at the Bodleian Libraries in Oxford, was scanned last July. A charred scroll recovered from a Roman villa buried under ash during the ...

According to the study, the family attempted to lock themselves in a room, using a bed wedged against the door to barricade themselves as volcanic debris poured in. A new study published in The ...