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Pompeii study suggests Rome’s iconic concrete was more complex than ancient texts claim
December 11, 2025 8:57 am
A preserved construction site at Pompeii is reshaping modern understanding of how Rome engineered its famously durable concrete.
Project to shore up Pompeii yields stunning black banquet hall, with frescoes of Trojan War figures
April 11, 2024 7:53 pm
The hall, which features a mosaic floor, was uncovered as part of a project to shore up the areas dividing the excavated and unexcavated parts of Pompeii, the ancient city near Naples that was destroyed in 79 AD when Mt. Vesuvius erupted
Express View on pizza toppings: Yes to pineapple
June 30, 2023 7:19 am
An ancient painting offers a fresh argument against those who decry the use of fruit toppings on pizza
Is it... pizza? Debate surrounds recently-discovered wall-painting in Pompeii
June 28, 2023 12:33 pm
Experts noted that key ingredients needed to make Italy's iconic dish — tomatoes and mozzarella — were not available when the fresco was painted some 2,000 years ago.
New Pompeii finds highlight middle-class life in doomed city
August 07, 2022 5:21 pm
Pompeii's archaeological park, one of Italy's top tourist attractions, announced the recent finds on Saturday. Its director, Gabriel Zuchtriegel, said the excavation of rooms in a "domus," or home, first unearthed in 2018 had revealed precious details about the domestic environment of ordinary citizens
Italy: Archaeologists discover 'slave room' at Pompeii
November 06, 2021 10:08 pm
The room containing three beds and one window was excavated in a villa buried by the 79 A.D. volcanic eruption. Officials say it offers "a very rare insight into the daily life of slaves" in the ancient city.
Well-preserved skeleton sheds light on culture in ancient Pompeii
August 18, 2021 1:30 pm
He was identified as a public slave and a custodian of the Temple of Venus.
Explained: What discovery of a chariot in the Roman town of Pompeii means
March 11, 2021 8:31 am
This chariot, the Pompeii archaeological park says, is “entirely unique in Italy”, because of its state of preservation and because it is not a chariot used for agricultural products or the activities of daily life.
Roman-era fast-food stall unearthed in Pompeii
December 27, 2020 8:23 pm
Archaeologists have uncovered a number of still life scenes, including depictions of animals, which are believed to have been on the menu -- like mallard ducks and a rooster
Archaeologists uncover ancient street food shop in Pompeii
December 29, 2020 11:39 am
Traces of nearly 2,000-year-old food were found in some of the deep terra cotta jars containing hot food which the shop keeper lowered into a counter with circular holes.
POMPEII VIDEOS
New research yields surprising finds about Pompeii residents
October 23, 2015 11:35 am
The archaeological site of Pompeii in southern Italy continues to fascinate, more than two thousand years after the city was buried in ash and pumice following the eruption of Mt. Vesuvius.
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