Pompei
New Pompeii Collapse Revives Debate Over Site
A column at the House of Loreius Tiburtinus is the latest piece of Pompeii to crumble.
Read MoreUNESCO Announces Pompeii Rescue Plan
The UN cultural agency will provide technical assistance to keep the site on its World Heritage List.
Read MoreHouse of the Gladiators Rises Again
The Museo Archeologico Virtuale [MAV] at Herculaneum has carried out a virtual reconstruction of the House of the Gladiators at Pompeii, making it possible for visitors to see the building again via digital technology
Read MoreUnesco inspectors to visit Pompeii
Experts from UNESCO are to visit the ancient city of Pompeii today to inspect recent damage to the site involving the collapse of four structures:
Read MoreHouse of gladiators crumbles at Pompeii
An unpleasant surprise greeted the custodians of the famous Pompeii site when they arrived at work at 7 am on Saturday, for the 2,000-year-old Schola Armaturarum or House of the Gladiators had crumbled into dust, probably about an hour before.
Read MorePompeii snack bar opens Sunday
If you are going to be in Pompeii [Campania] on Sunday and email the address at the end of this article before 4pm Italian time [3pm in the UK] today you may find yourself enjoying a snack prepared to a Roman recipe in the 2000-year old Thermopolium [snack bar] of Vetutius Placidus.
Read MoreLenny up Pompeii
The staff at Pompeii pulled out all the stops when Leonardo DiCaprio arrived there at midday on Sunday with his mother, girlfriend Bar Refaeli, about eight other friends and his bodyguards.
Read MoreHomes sought worldwide for Pompeii dogs
Before that fateful day in AD 79 the dogs of Pompeii, like dogs everywhere, had been either guard dogs or pets. But they sensed that all was not well up on Vesuvius long before their owners did and those that were not chained, we are told, took themselves as far away as possible. Today there are still dogs in Pompeii but they are strays or unwanted animals whose owners have unceremoniously dumped them there.
Read MoreNaples conference explores spell of Pompeii
The spell Pompeii has cast on writers, artists, historians and travellers over the centuries is the focus of a two-day international conference starting in Naples on Friday.
Read MoreWashington show looks at lives of Pompeii's super-rich
A new show on ''the Malibu of Ancient Rome'' has opened its doors in Washington's National Gallery of Art.
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