News Blue Shrine Room with Frescos Depicting Female Figures Unearthed at Pompeii The room's color is rare, and would have demarcated the area as a place of importance for ritual activities and storing sacred objects. By Francesca Aton Jun 6, 2024 2:17 pm
News Well-Preserved Frescoes Uncovered in a ‘Black Room’ Banquet Hall at Pompeii Frescoes lining the room's painted black walls depicted mythological characters and subjects from the Trojan War. By Francesca Aton Apr 11, 2024 4:50 pm
News Ancient Frescoes of Mythological Refugee Siblings Discovered at Pompeii A fresco of two Greek mythological siblings Phrixus and Helle has been found in the ancient Roman city. By Francesca Aton Mar 4, 2024 2:26 pm
News Prison Bakery Identified at Pompeii Sheds Light on Slavery in the Ancient World The enslaved were locked up with donkeys and forced to grind grain essential to the baking of bread. By Francesca Aton Dec 12, 2023 12:47 pm
News Archaeologists Discover Bedroom in Villa Outside Pompeii That Once Held Enslaved People No physical restraints were found, leading researchers to believe its residents were controlled in other ways. By Francesca Aton Aug 21, 2023 11:58 am
News Two Skeletons Found in Pompeii Died in Earthquake, Not Volcanic Eruption New archaeological techniques and methodology, the archaeological park's director said, "allow us to understand better the inferno that in two days completely destroyed the city of Pompeii, killing… By Francesca Aton May 16, 2023 3:52 pm
Interviews Pompeii Conservator Stefania Giudice on Resurrecting the Past In an interview, Guidice discusses the restoration of such recent discoveries as the house of the Vettii. By Francesca Aton May 11, 2023 9:13 am
News A New High-Speed Train Connecting Rome and Pompeii Aims to Bolster Tourism The train is expected to start running in 2024 and shorten the journey between the two cities. By Francesca Aton Apr 3, 2023 2:44 pm
News 2,000-Year-Old Ancient Roman Dry Cleaner Unearthed by Archaeologists at Pompeii Archaeologists have been excavating a previously unexplored section of the site. By Francesca Aton Mar 1, 2023 12:41 pm
News Storied Pompeii Site Reopens, Banksy Online Sale for Ukraine Targeted, and More: Morning Links for January 11, 2023 Here's what we're reading this morning. By The Editors of ARTnews Jan 11, 2023 8:09 am
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