Researchers uncover Roman method for applying cinnabar, or “red gold,” in a luxury house in ancient Cartagena, revealing ...

ROME (Reuters Life!) - How did ancient Roman nobles relax when they returned to their homes at night after a hard day's politicking at the Senate or the Forum? In part by looking at the frescos on the ...

This damaged portrait of a Roman woman was found in the town of Herculaneum, which ceased to exist after Mount Vesuvius erupted in 79 A.D. Photograph courtesy Roberto Alberti Iron element maps created ...

Archaeologists in Pompeii, Italy, analyzed a variety of paint pigments, offering glimpse the art of ancient Romans, a study said. Photo from the Archaeological Park of Pompeii The ruins of Pompeii, ...

The destruction of Roman Pompeii in A.D. 79, when Mount Vesuvius buried the city in volcanic ash, was a horrific event. Plaster casts made of hollows in the dense ash, the spaces once filled by ...