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Pompeii

This handout photo taken on June 25, 2023, by Parco Archeologico di Pompei (Archaeological Park of Pompeii), shows workers excavating an archaeological site. (Handout / Parco Archeologico di Pompei press office / AFP)
December 10, 2025, 11:40 am
Discovery at Pompeii reveals the secrets of ancient Roman concrete
Scene of Mount Vesuvius eruption in 79 CE contains a construction site where unfinished walls, dry materials and tools have endured
By Will Dunham
The wall of an ancient Pompeian house with a fresco depicting a table with food, but not pizza, June 27, 2023. (Pompeii Archaeological Park via AP, ho)
June 28, 2023, 10:59 am
Ancient Pompeii fresco shows a possible pizza precursor
Experts say wall painting doesn’t depict Italy’s iconic dish, as tomatoes and mozzarella cheese were not available when it was daubed around 2,000 years ago
By Agencies
The latest discoveries in the ancient city of Pompeii, Saturday, August 6, 2022. (Parco Archeologico di Pompei via AP)
August 7, 2022, 1:43 pm
Fresh Pompeii discoveries shed light on the city’s lower classes
While excavations in the ancient Roman city tend to focus on the wealthy upper-class, new discoveries reveal details of life for the not-so-rich-and-famous
By Frances D'Emilio
Archaeologists are seen cleaning up their latest finding in Pompeii, Italy, in an image released November 6, 2021. (AP Photo)
November 6, 2021, 9:44 pm
Pompeii excavation site yields rare window into daily life of the enslaved
Archeologists digging in a villa amid the ruins of the 79 AD volcanic eruption find a dormitory and storage area room, with many personal items
By Colleen Barry
Ancient Herculaneum is seen on a backdrop of modern Ercolano and Vesuvius (CC BY-SA Qfl247/ Wikimedia Commons)
October 16, 2021, 4:17 am
Newly found skeleton may bring fresh insights on Vesuvius eruption
Remains of a man presumed to be aged 40-45 found under meters of volcanic rock in ancient Roman city of Herculaneum
By AFP
In this undated photo released by the Pompeii archeological park, a view of the tomb located in the necropolis of Porta Sarno, in an area not yet open to the public in the east of Pompeii’s urban center. (Alfio Giannotti/Pompeii Archeological Park via AP)
August 18, 2021, 1:56 am
Skeleton of freed slave in Pompeii offers 1st proof Greek spoken there
Rare skull bearing tufts of white hair, part of an ear found in tomb; inscription identifies man as Marcus Venerius Secundio, who helped organize performances in Greek
By AP
A view of a chariot, with its iron elements, bronze decorations and mineralized wooden remains, that was found in Civita Giuliana, north of Pompeii. (Parco Archeologico di Pompei via AP)
February 28, 2021, 1:37 am
Ancient Roman chariot unearthed ‘almost intact’ near buried ruins of Pompeii
Archaeologists say discovery of large, ceremonial vehicle has ‘no parallel’; looters digging through site narrowly missed the artifact
By Agencies
An undated photo made available by the Pompeii Archeological park press office shows the thermopolium in the Pompeii archeological park, near Naples, Italy. (Luigi Spina/Parco Archeologico di Pompei via AP)
December 27, 2020, 1:49 am
‘Fast food’ bar unearthed in Pompeii: What they were eating as Vesuvius erupted
Duck, pig, fish, snail… and wine with crushed fava beans were on menu, archaeologists say, as first hot-food-drink eatery — known as a thermopolium — is excavated
By Agencies
The casts of what are believed to have been a rich man and his male slave fleeing the volcanic eruption of Vesuvius nearly 2,000 years ago, are seen in what was an elegant villa on the outskirts of the ancient Roman city of Pompeii. (Parco Archeologico di Pompei via AP)
November 22, 2020, 1:07 am
Nearly 2,000 years on, bodies of man, slave fleeing volcano found at Pompeii
Two men apparently escaped initial eruption of Mount Vesuvius, before dying from blast the next morning; remains found under 2 meters of ash
By Frances D'Emilio
Colleen and Marvin Hewson, from the United States, pose for a photograph during their visit to the archeological sites of Pompeii, near Naples, southern Italy, May 26, 2020. (AP Photo/Alessandra Tarantino)
May 26, 2020, 9:09 pm
US couple spends 10 weeks in Italian lockdown to visit Pompeii
Colleen and Marvin Hewson say after failing to book flights out of Italy, they learned to make limoncello, took long walks while waiting for ancient ruins to open
By Colleen Barry and alessandra tarantino
Illustrative: Tourists gather at the Pompeii ancient site near the Villa of Mysteries on the occasion of its presentation to journalists in Pompeii, Italy, Friday, March 20, 2015. (AP Photo/Gregorio Borgia)
December 28, 2019, 5:55 pm
Could a Jewish author have been first to record destruction of ancient Pompeii?
The Sibylline Oracles, likely written by a Jew post-Vesuvius eruption, ostensibly prophecy the city’s devastation as divine retribution for sacking of Second Temple 9 years prior
By Julie Masis
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