Hidden under the ash for almost 2,000 years, the mosaics that once adorned the wealthy homes and public buildings of Pompeii are now viewable by visitors to the site and museums around the world.

A new study— published in Current Biology by a team of researchers at Harvard University and the Archaeological Park of ...

archaeologists have worked in Pompeii. Early on, these excavations were less scientific explorations than treasure-hunting expeditions aimed at collecting the paintings, sculptures, mosaics ...

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 ...

Pompeii is huge. Comprising nine regions across 66 hectares it would take two to three days to see it all. Here are seven ...

Pompeii was famously destroyed on 24 August ... grand houses have been unveiled this week with elaborate frescoes and mosaics.

Pompeii was a prosperous centre for travel and ... take note of the elegant mosaics and the small private bath complex on the western side. Look up to see a fresco of the hunter Actaeon being ...

The Dupont Underground will host a concert full of Italian poetry and music to accompany the “Mosaico” exhibit called Hidden ...

The ash spewed by the volcano coated the bodies of people and animals and encased buildings, monuments, mosaics, frescoes, sculptures and other artifacts in Pompeii and other surrounding towns.

Archaeologists have uncovered a tiny house in Pompeii that is filled with elaborate – and sometimes erotic – frescoes, further revealing the ornate way in which Romans decorated their homes.

While the Greeks, Etruscans and Samnites attempted to conquer it, Pompeii became a Roman colony, the study authors noted. But ...