A buried seaside villa near Naples has yielded a painted room where frescoes show herons striding across black and red walls, ...
When Mount Vesuvius erupted in 79 C.E., life in Pompeii stopped in an instant. Streets were buried, homes collapsed, and thousands of people were trapped in a cloud of ash and heat. Over centuries, ...
Below the Clouds” and Werner Herzog’s “Ghost Elephants” offer thrilling but troubled visions of a world in environmental flux.
EXCLUSIVE: Director Gianfranco Rosi’s award-winning documentary Pompei: Below the Clouds will be coming to U.S. theaters and to MUBI’s streaming platform in March. The film, shot in lustrous black and ...
New research is providing unique insights into the love notes, drawings, jokes and political commentary scratched into the ancient city's walls. Pompeii Archaeological Park Some 2,000 years ago, a ...