HERCULANEUM, Italy, Oct 24 (Reuters) - One of Italy's most beautiful ancient Roman houses, which was buried under tonnes of ash when Mount Vesuvius erupted in AD 79, has reopened to the public 36 ...

Experts predict that based on the scale of the ancient Roman Villa of the Papyri that its library could hold 40,000 scrolls that might contain lost knowledge from some of the greatest writers and ...

Why is Christian Science in our name? Our name is about honesty. The Monitor is owned by The First Church of Christ, Scientist, and we’ve always been transparent about that. The church publishes the ...

Pompeii is the little Roman town that became a byword for sudden, violent death. A new exhibition at the British Museum -- which opens Thursday and runs to Sept. 29 -- wants it to be equally famous ...

From the past to the future, to experience the Excavations of Herculaneum and life in Roman times even more intensely. 'Veni, Vidi, Herculaneum' arrives at the Archaeological Park of ...

History lovers who missed the opportunity to visit the British Museum’s blockbuster 2013 exhibition, “Life and Death in Pompeii and Herculaneum,” in person are in luck. Beginning today, the London ...