I love exploring the world of ancient Rome, with its grand architecture, fascinating culture, and stories of larger-than-life leaders. But since many of the 2,000-year-old empire's landmarks are ...

In 79 C.E., Pompeii, some 14 miles southeast of Naples, was a luxurious resort city. By then it was part of the Roman Empire, ...

Pompeii, Paestum and Positano are located within the Campania region of south western Italy. The first two highlight Greek and Roman history while Positano is an attractively sloped seaside haven that ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Ruins in the Pompeii Archaeological Park. Another Italian tourist site has decided to regulate its hefty traffic - this time the ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. An aerial view of Pompeii with Mount Vesuvius in the background. - SimonSkafar/Getty Images The once-thriving Roman city of ...

It has been thousands of years since the eruption of Mount Vesuvius left the Roman city of Pompeii in ruins, but the ancient archaeological site continues to offer new findings. An ornate "blue room," ...

While plans are underway for a massive influx of funds from the European Union that will take a significant step in preserving the site in the future, the Roman city of Pompeii remains gravely ...

Roughly 21 hectares of the ancient Roman city of Pompeii have never been touched by an excavator’s trowel. Italy’s Ministry of Culture puts the total site area at about 66 hectares, of which ...

POMPEII, Italy – Pompeii is the city of the long goodbye. In A.D. 62, a major earthquake toppled buildings, causing severe damage, harbinger of what was to come. Seventeen years later, in A.D. 79, ...

During construction in Italy, archaeologists found pre-Roman graves and an ancient plowed field preserved by the eruption of Vesuvius. Photo from the Superintendence of Archaeology, Fine Arts and ...

A bronze statue at Pompeii's Temple of Apollo, with Mount Vesuvius visible in the background (photo by Graham O'Keeffe via Flickr) Earlier this month, the University of Chicago Press published the ...