Pompeii Archaeological Park has set a new limit on visitors in an effort to cope with overtourism at the historic site. The park will only allow 20,000 visitors a day and is also introducing new ...

Pompeii was famously destroyed on 24 August in 79 AD - or was it? Archaeologists in Italy have uncovered an inscription they say may show that the history books have been wrong for centuries ...

Archaeologists in Italy have discovered intricate artwork inside a small Pompeii house that was buried in ash and debris from ...

The remains of a horse still in its harness have been discovered at a villa outside the walls of Pompeii, in what archaeologists are hailing as a find of "rare importance". The horse was saddled ...

In 79 AD, Italy’s Mount Vesuvius exploded, raining ash and volcanic debris down on the city of Pompeii and its tens of thousands of residents. In mere minutes, the giant cloud of ash and gases ...