Pompeii

Cops Say Tourist ‘In Trouble’ Over Pompeii Artifact Heist

It’s the latest in a long list of incidents from the ancient Roman city frozen in time.

Harry Thompson

Madonna is renting out an amphitheatre in Pompeii for her birthday party.

Madonna Renting Pompeii for a Song, Complain Italians

Fans of the Queen of Pop are excited she has hired out the historic amphitheater in the lost city for her 66th birthday bash, but heritage experts are not so happy.

David Gardner

A view of a black-walled dining hall with 2,000-year old paintings inspired by the Trojan War is seen in this handout picture taken in the ancient archeological site of Pompeii.

WOW

Archaeologists Make ‘Spectacular’ Discovery in Pompeii Ruins

It’s one of the biggest digs at the site in a generation.

Matt Young

GET A MAP

Tourist Takes Moped Joy Ride Through Ancient Pompeii

The Australian tourist swore he just drove right in and had no idea the site was pedestrian only.

Barbie Latza Nadeau

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A SHELL OF ITS FORMER SELF

Ancient Pregnant Tortoise Excavated at Pompeii

Researchers think the animal was trying to find a safe place to lay an egg when Mount Vesuvius erupted.

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DOODLES

One of Pompeii’s Greatest Mysteries May Have Been Solved

The graffiti were written in an obscure form of Old Arabic otherwise completely unknown in the Western Mediterranean. For almost 35 years they were a mystery: Who wrote them?

Candida Moss