A “jigsaw” of 2,000 year old fragments have been pieced together by archaeologists to reveal a remarkable Roman wall painting. Pieces of the fresco were discovered on a site in central London that was ...

"Hearst Magazines and Yahoo may earn commission or revenue on some items through these links." After four years of reconstruction, the remains of a painted wall in Roman London, founded in AD 43, have ...

The destruction of Roman Pompeii in A.D. 79, when Mount Vesuvius buried the city in volcanic ash, was a horrific event. Plaster casts made of hollows in the dense ash, the spaces once filled by ...

Experts have reconstructed 2,000-year-old Roman frescoes from thousands of fragments in a remarkable archaeological achievement. The parts were discovered at a site in Southwark, near London Bridge ...

It’s being called the world’s “most difficult jigsaw puzzle,” but the picture it reveals marks a thrilling new discovery for researchers at the the Museum of London Archaeology (MOLA). This morning, ...

A still-life fresco recently discovered in the ruins of ancient Pompeii was at first believed to depict a pizza, but archeologists say it is not the iconic Italian dish after all. The fresco was ...

ANN ARBOR, MI - How can history feel more alive? How can you be immersed in it? How do museums evolve past simply showing ancient items behind plexiglass? A room on the University of Michigan Kelsey ...