Archaeologists excavating the Porta Sarno necropolis in Pompeii, Italy, discovered life-sized statues of a man and woman as part of a funerary relief. Experts believe the couple depicted were of ...

In the ancient city of Pompeii, a newly excavated tomb revealed statues of a married couple. Tristan de Boer via Unsplash The architecture, artwork and history of Pompeii have been studied and ...

The woman’s adornments suggest she was more important than the man, according to Gabriel Zuchtriegel, director of the Pompeii archaeological park. This, he said, could mean they were not married ...

From ancient Roman structures under homes to Viking jewelry in a wetland, here are some of the latest archaeological discoveries.

The BBC's Rebecca Morelle took a tour of the rare find. Read more on the rare find in Pompeii here. Heavy rain on the Greek island of Paros saw cars and debris swept through the streets.

After lying hidden beneath metres of volcanic rock and ash for 2,000 years, a "once-in-a-century" find has been unearthed in the ancient Roman city of Pompeii in Italy. Archaeologists have ...

Archaeologists in Pompeii, Italy, analyzed a variety of paint pigments, offering glimpse the art of ancient Romans, a study said. Photo from the Archaeological Park of Pompeii The ruins of Pompeii ...

Life-sized statues of a man and a woman were discovered in a tomb in Pompeii, researchers said, thousands of years after a deadly volcano wiped out the ancient Roman city. Researchers say the ...

Ruined castles, buried cities, ancient temples... The Old World is strewn with ancient ruins that tell the countless stories of past civilisations. From the Mediterranean to the far north, these ...