A new 3-D model of a portable sundial found near Pompeii is helping researchers understand how to operate the "pork clock." ...

From the must-see locations to the most frequently asked questions, our guide has all you need to plan your next visit.

Ancient Roman dishes, including Pompeii bread, honey cakes and olive paste, were recreated from archaeological findings in ...

Rome is eternal, but most visitors rush through it as if it were temporary, a checklist of landmarks to conquer rather than a ...

Anyone who has traveled to Italy realizes that the term “Italian food” is meaningless. Rather, describing the food culture in the country refers to particular regions, cities or villages. So there is ...

Whether you add it to your chicken, throw it on a sandwich, or eat it straight from the jar with a cracker, there's no denying that pesto is delicious in all its simplicity. Requiring only a handful ...

Archaeologists working in central Italy have uncovered a Roman-era mosaic and at least two centuries-old burials that were found during routine installation of fiberoptic cable. The discovery occurred ...

The Department of Classics at Gettysburg College has officially rebranded itself as the Department of Ancient Greek & Roman Studies. The department held its annual fall welcome party on Sept. 24 in ...

Archaeologists think the bench may have been used by visitors who came to meet with the villa's owner. Archaeological Park of Pompeii At the entrance of a famous villa in Pompeii, researchers have ...

Secrets Of The Roman Baths | And Why Swimming Is Banned! In this video, Alice Loxton visits one of the most fascinating Roman sites in Britain, the Roman baths in the glorious city of Bath. But don’t ...

The ancient Romans weren’t precious about their marble statues. They didn’t sequester them in museums, displaying them out of reach, next to placards explaining their provenance, context, and meaning.

From a mosaic of flip-flops in Sicily to Cicero’s possible sauna, new discoveries prove that bathing has always been about more than getting clean. Ancient Roman flip-flop mosaic from the Villa Romana ...