While slaves in the ancient Roman city of Pompeii were considered no more than "speaking tools", some received better food than ordinary people, Italy's culture ministry said on Friday, citing ...

Recent excavations in Pompeii reveal that slaves in certain villas were sometimes better nourished than ordinary citizens. Despite their harsh living conditions, the diet provided to maintain their ...

History Hit's Tristan Hughes explores the destruction of Pompeii, using extraordinary eyewitness testimony and the ...

Two of the world’s most remarkable open-air heritage destinations, AlUla in north-west Saudi Arabia and Pompeii in southern ...

Pompeii’s shattered wall paintings rise again, thanks to robotics and AI. The final touch still belongs to human restorers.

Archeological excavations at Jerash continue to produce new finds more than a century after the ancient city’s rediscovery.

Pompeii's ancient Roman frescoes, shattered and buried for centuries, could get a second life thanks to a pioneering robotic ...

When the a.d. 79 eruption of Mount Vesuvius blanketed the southern Italian city of Pompeii in layers of volcanic debris, it preserved the bodies of many individuals who had perished. Since ...

Culinary archaeological finds are exciting, and an ancient fresco recently uncovered in Pompeii just might show us the ...

The flame will head to Rome on Thursday for a 63-day, 12,000-kilometre (7,500-mile) course through Italy’s major cities, the ...

Latest advancements in technology are aiding archaeological and anthropological research. A new EU-funded robot is helping archaeologists reassemble Pompeii's frescoes, while scientists have ...

Archaeologists working at the animal cemetery at Berenike have documented remains from three dozen primates, marking a significant shift in Roman pet-keeping practices. Previously, the handful of ...