During 19th-century excavations at Pompeii, the ancient Roman city that was buried in volcanic ash in 79 C.E. after the […] ...

The ancient artwork was uncovered during excavations at Pompeii in the 19th century. Now, researchers are conducting a long, ...

Using a non-invasive method of analysis, researchers have discovered that the pieces making up the famous Pompeii mosaic of Alexander the Great came from a network of quarries across Europe. Alexander ...

An iconic Alexander the Great mosaic found at Pompeii got its roughly ... and well-known representation of his face in ancient art," they noted. As for the origins of the tesserae, the scientists ...

In 333 BCE, near the small Pinarus River along the modern-day borders of Turkey and Syria, a fierce battle took place between ...