According to his account, Pliny the Elder was then a fleet commander at Misenum - modern day Miseno - across the bay from Pompeii. He took a ship to stage a rescue for those in danger from the ...

When Lily Withycombe visited the Australian Museum in 1995 to see an exhibition on Pompeii, she had an epiphany.

Inside the Pompeii archaeological site, a new project is reviving ancient textile dyeing techniques to show another side of daily life before the city was destroyed by the eruption of Mount ...

Pompeii director Gabriel Zuchtriegel said it ... The site is only about 23km (14 miles) from the city of Naples - the modern day home of the Unesco-protected Italian pizza.

Much like modern-day football hooliganism, gladiator fandom could be weaponised in intercommunal violence. In a 59BC gladiatorial show, Pompeians murderously assaulted their neighbours from Nuceria ...

The researchers indicate the debate around the day of Pompeii’s annihilation is still ... could be very easy to misinterpret with our modern sensibilities. For now, maybe it's best to trust ...

Felt the call of Ancient Egypt all around you this year? You wouldn’t have been the only one. While Australians have long ...