Italy’s Pompeii to cap daily visitor numbers to 20,000

Rome, Italy Reuters The ancient Roman archaeological park of Pompeii in southern Italy said on Friday it would cap daily visitor numbers at 20,000 as a response to its surging popularity. The change, effective from 15th November, comes after a peak of more than 36,000 daily entrances on a free-admission Sunday, the park said in […]
Ancient Pompeii site uncovers tiny house with exquisite frescoes

Rome, Italy Reuters Archaeologists in the ancient Roman city of Pompeii have uncovered a richly decorated but uncommonly small house with finely preserved frescoes of mythological scenes, the site said on Thursday. A detail of a richly decorated but uncommonly small house with finely preserved frescoes of mythological scenes is pictured in the archaeological site […]
In Pompeii, archaeologists find children’s sketches of gladiators

Rome, Italy Reuters Archaeologists in the ancient Roman city of Pompeii near the city of Naples have uncovered charcoal sketches drawn by children as young as six years old, depicting possibly violent fights they may have witnessed. The sketches of gladiator stick figures were discovered during excavations in recent months in Pompeii, a once-thriving city […]
Pompeii building site reveals ancient Roman construction methods

Rome, Italy Reuters Archaeologists in Pompeii have unearthed an ancient building site that sheds light on construction techniques used by the Romans to make iconic structures such as the Colosseum and the Pantheon, Italy’s culture ministry said on Monday. The site was probably active until the volcanic Mount Vesuvius erupted in 79 AD, destroying Pompeii […]
Two more victims of volcano eruption found in Roman ruins of Pompeii

Rome, Italy Reuters Two skeletons have been found in the ruins of Pompeii, the ancient Roman city wiped out by an eruption of volcano Mount Vesuvius nearly 2,000 years ago, the Italian Culture Ministry said on Tuesday. The skeletons were recovered from a building known as the “House of the Painters at Work”, and are […]
Sheep come to the rescue of Pompeii ruins

Pompeii, Italy Reuters A flock of grazing sheep is helping archaeologists to preserve the ancient ruins of Pompeii, the Roman city that was buried under metres of pumice and ash in the calamitous eruption of Mount Vesuvius in AD 79. Archaeologists have uncovered only around two thirds of the 66-hectare site at Pompeii since excavations […]
Pompeii discoveries shed light on middle class life

Milan, Italy Reuters Archaeologists have discovered four new rooms in a house in Pompeii filled with plates, amphoras and other everyday objects, giving a snapshot of middle class life at the moment Mount Vesuvius’s eruption buried the Roman city in AD 79. The remains of bowls, a hastily emptied trunk, a bed and a crib-shaped […]