Two very rare, almost-life-sized statues have been discovered during the excavation of a massive tomb in Pompeii. Archaeologists say the marble funerary statues of a toga-clad man and a woman shed new ...

Archaeologists have uncovered a well-preserved skeleton at a burial site in Pompeii which has shed new light on funeral rites and cultural activity in the doomed, ancient Roman city, officials said on ...

POMPEII, Italy -- On a recent morning at the necropolis of Porta Sarno, just outside Pompeii's eastern edge, Mattia Buondonno gingerly raised a protective tarp covering a tomb discovered last year.

Archaeologists have discovered a tomb in Pompeii containing one of the site’s best-preserved skeletons to date—and the partially mummified remains offer fascinating insight into the previously unknown ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Rebecca Ann Hughes covers travel, culture and food in Europe. Italy’s archeological park of Pompeii has offered up another ...

POMPEII, Italy -- On a recent morning at the necropolis of Porta Sarno, just outside Pompeii's eastern edge, Mattia Buondonno gingerly raised a protective tarp covering a tomb discovered last year.

Marcus Venerius Secundio’s skeleton in Pompeii. Pompeii Sites / YouTube “Ludi graeci are to be understood as performances in the Greek language,” Gabriel Zuchtriegel, the Director of the ...

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