"Pompeii: The Exhibition" returns to the Science Center on May 16, featuring 61 new artifacts and interactive elements ...

The 1972 concert film Pink Floyd Live at Pompeii, back in cinemas this week, would change the way many thought of Pompeii.

This ancient city has become such a holiday hotspot that tourist numbers had to be capped at 20,000 a day. Still, millions flock to see this remarkable ruins of this once thriving Roman town ...

IT was an ordinary day when Mount Vesuvius plastered nearby towns in thick volcanic ash 2,000 years ago. A treasure trove of objects was buried, each giving an insight into the lives people led.

Famously, we are told by Roman historian Tacitus, in 59 CE a deadly brawl occurred between Pompeiians and residents of the nearby town of Nuceria during the games, resulting in a 10-year ban on ...

The Secret Museum didn’t reopen for good until 2000. Pompeiians were politically active - and they have the graffiti to show for it. There was an upcoming election when the city was buried by ...

Marco Ober/Wikimedia Commons , CC BY-SA Famously we are told by Roman historian Tactius in 59 CE a deadly brawl occurred between Pompeiians and residents of the nearby town of Nuceria during games ...