Scraps of season-specific foods like chestnuts found throughout Pompeii are also often cited to support a later date for ...

Authorities at Pompeii in southern Italy are introducing a daily limit of 20,000 visitors as part of efforts to protect the ancient site. The measure, which will come into force from November 15 ...

Pompeii was famously destroyed on 24 August in 79 AD - or was it? Archaeologists in Italy have uncovered an inscription they say may show that the history books have been wrong for centuries.

ROME (Reuters) - The ancient Roman archaeological park of Pompeii in southern Italy said on Friday it would cap daily visitor ...

To get a clearer picture of what everyday life in ancient Rome was really like, visit the well-preserved (and unlucky) city of Pompeii. Located just south of Naples, Pompeii was founded in 600 BC ...

A new project in Pompeii is combining traditional dyeing techniques with colourful frescoes, to revive the daily life in the ancient city before the eruption. The inspiration comes from frescoes ...

Ruins in the Pompeii Archaeological Park. Another Italian tourist site has decided to regulate its hefty traffic - this time the buried city of Pompeii, which is introducing a visitor limit of 20,000.

The fossil plants that are preserved at different ... consequences for human settlements, as we know from Pompeii in Italy, which was buried by ash when Mount Vesuvius erupted in 79 CE.

Many of Pompeii's ruins have floor mosaics (file pic) Italian police have detained a British woman suspected of removing some small Roman tiles from a mosaic at Pompeii. Italian media say she was ...

consult our list of the best Italy tours to view traveler-approved companies. During the tour, visitors will get to hike up Mount Vesuvius and wander around Pompeii. Tours offer more background ...

ROME (Reuters) - The ancient Roman archaeological park of Pompeii in southern Italy said on Friday it would cap daily visitor numbers at 20,000 as a response to its surging popularity. The change, ...

ROME — The ancient Roman archaeological park of Pompeii in southern Italy said on Friday it would cap daily visitor numbers at 20,000 as a response to its surging popularity. The change, effective ...