A mix of ancient divinities, Aphrodite was patron over love, beauty, fertility, and war. But the venerated Greek deity has a ...

Turns out, the sculpture is from late first century B.C. to early first century A.D. It is believed to depict a son of Pompey the Great, who was defeated in civil war by Julius Caesar. The bust was ...

Pompeii: Inside a Lost City at the National Museum of Australia depicts life in the flourishing Roman city of Pompeii before ...

Lead pollution might sound like a modern problem, but people were subjected to significant levels during antiquity, too.

From volcanic eruptions, disease epidemics and storms, to floods and fires, these are the worst natural disasters in Europe's ...

The "Ringed Lady" of Herculaneum is one of the most important discoveries from the ancient city that was buried by the ...

Once again, we review the archaeological discoveries of the year that has just ended. This time, we have selected 14 from ...

Contestants in the Vesuvius Challenge had to develop their own programs to interpret existing 3D scans of the coiled scroll, ...

Taking time off in the summer was important in ancient Greek and Roman times. But some found it hard to detach from work and ...

"Pompeii" at the National Museum of Australia brings together 90 artifacts and a recreation of Vesuvius's eruption.

Look, there's really no pun intended here - the citizens of the ancient Roman city of Pompeii were obliterated by a fiery ...