Pompeii

A badger-like mammal died while chomping into the ribs of a hapless horned plant-eating dinosaur struggling to escape more than 100 million years ago. The pair were perfectly preserved, still locked in combat, in "China's dinosaur Pompeii,"…

Have you ever wondered where your favourite foods are originally from? We all love to relish our most-loved comfort foods every now and then. For instance, we certainly cannot resist a wood-fired pizza or a plate of piping-hot momos. But…

ROME: A fresco that depicts what might be an ancestor of the Italian pizza has been found on the wall of an house in the ancient Roman city of Pompeii, Italy's Culture Ministry said on Tuesday (Jun 27). Archaeologists presume that the flat…

A 23-year-old American tourist from Maryland had to be rescued over the weekend after accidentally falling into the crater of Mount Vesuvius in southern Italy while taking a selfie. The Baltimore resident has been identified as Philip…

ROME: The remains of a tortoise and its egg have been unearthed by archaeologists in Pompeii, the Roman city buried in a volcanic eruption in 79 AD. The animal was found hidden under the clay floor of a storehouse and probably died before…

Researchers at Lund University in Sweden have used virtual reality and 3D eye-tracking technology to examine what drew the attention of the visitors when entering the stunning environment of an ancient Roman house. The team recreated the…

Archaeologists have uncovered a room at a villa just outside Pompeii containing beds and other objects that shed light on the living conditions of slaves in the ancient Roman city buried by a volcanic eruption.The room, in an excellent…

MILAN: Archaeologists have uncovered a room at a villa just outside Pompeii containing beds and other objects that shed light on the living conditions of slaves in the ancient Roman city buried by a volcanic eruption. The room, in an…

Issued on: 06/11/2021 - 16:31 Pompeii archaeologists said Saturday they have unearthed the remains of a "slave room" in an exceptionally rare find at a Roman villa destroyed by Mount…

The "unique testimony" into how "the weakest in the ancient society lived... is certainly one of the most exciting discoveries in my life as an archaeologist," he said in a press release.…