New discoveries are overturning the assumptions that used to be made about a woman’s place in society, writes Emily Hauser ...

Today, Pompeii is best known for the devastating 79 C.E. eruption of Mount Vesuvius that buried the ... The details from the relief have revealed key facts about Roman social and religious life ...

Whole loaves of bread were preserved at Pompeii Speaking on Radio 4's The ... and preserved" centuries ago in the volcanic ashes of Mount Vesuvius. One of these loaves, from the 1st century ...

Visitors to the site of Pompeii, the ancient Roman town buried (and so preserved for thousands of years) by the eruption of Mount Vesuvius in 79AD, don't often think to look beyond the city walls.

Two of the area's most iconic locales – Mount Vesuvius and Pompeii – can be found roughly 15 miles away from central Naples. Mount Vesuvius is the only active volcano left on Europe's mainland ...

Archaeologists say the marble funerary statues of a toga-clad man and a woman shed new light on the power held by priestesses in the ancient city, which was destroyed when Mount Vesuvius erupted ...

Mount Vesuvius continues to be one of the chosen destinations for tourists: 2,884 visitors on Easter, 2,807 on Easter Monday. 'This year too, on Easter and Easter Monday, the Crater of Vesuvius ...

The year is 1972, commemorated by the Roman numerals MCMLXXII for this lovingly restored concert documentary Pink Floyd at Pompeii ... around the slopes of Mount Vesuvius and staring into bubbling ...