The Villa of the Papyri was the single most impressive building buried by Vesuvius. Its lavish halls and courtyards contained a stunning collection of artistic masterpieces. But the real treasures ...

Hermès unveils the H08 Chronograph “Jaune de Naples” The 44mm watch features a graphene-coated carbon fiber case and runs on the H1837 self-winding movement Available at Hermès boutiques only, with a ...

The papyrus P. Herc. 1018. Credit: Biblioteca Nazionale “Vittorio Emanuele III,” Napoli–Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche, Istituto di Scienze del Patrimonio Culturale The newly read fragments of ...

Less than a month after the vandal raid that defaced the 'Dancers of Ercolano,' volunteers from the 'New Ercolano Project' association, joined by some representatives of the 'Azione' party, arrived to ...

The National Archaeological Museum of Naples inaugurates the new exhibition 'Domus. The Furnishings of Pompeii' in the rooms on the second floor with two hundred and fifty artifacts, mostly from ...

What it tells us about the past: In the shadow of Vesuvius, archaeologists discovered a pocket-sized bronze sundial in the shape of a ham in the summer of 1755. Nearly overlooked amidst the statues ...

In the shadow of Vesuvius, archaeologists discovered a pocket-sized bronze sundial in the shape of a ham in the summer of 1755. Nearly overlooked amidst the statues and charred scrolls buried at the ...

For nearly two millennia, PHerc. 172 — a scroll turned to charcoal in the eruption of Mount Vesuvius in 79 AD — was supposed to be unreadable. The ancient manuscript is simply too fragile to touch and ...

LONDON -- Scientists hope a mix of artificial intelligence and human expertise will help decipher ancient scrolls carbonized by a volcanic eruption 2,000 years ago. Hundreds of papyrus scrolls were ...