Like most urban areas, ancient Pompeii had residences of all types, including sprawling villas, smaller city houses, and multistory apartment buildings. Few of its homes, however, were as grand as ...

a previously unexcavated part of ancient Pompeii. The emperor Nero is thought to have visited the southern Italian city of Pompeii in A.D. 64, perhaps spending a few nights in the enormous villa ...

In a forgotten corner of Pompeii, archaeologists and other experts are working feverishly with their scalpels and other tools ...

Located just south of Naples, Pompeii was founded in 600 ... the best look anywhere at life in an ancient Roman town, with its gridded street plan, villas and homes, commercial buildings, public ...

The Villa of the Mysteries gets its name ... Britain to North Africa and the Middle East, while Pompeii was located next to one of the ancient world’s busiest ports, where ships regularly ...

Villa dei Misteri, Civita Giuliana and Stabia.” The Park is developing a free shuttle bus service to these nearby ancient sites as part of the Greater Pompeii projects. “We are aiming for slow ...

(CN) — In 79 CE, Mount Vesuvius erupted, burying Pompeii under layers of ash and freezing the lives of its people in time. This catastrophic event preserved the Roman town and its inhabitants, leaving ...

In response, authorities alighted on a potential solution: dispersing visitors around ancient sites that ... the archaeological area of Pompeii itself, as well as villas at nearby Boscoreale ...