The discovery began with an architectural puzzle: a staircase inside a Roman house that seemed to climb into empty air, its upper destination erased by time. That “stairway to nowhere” has now become ...
Archaeologists excavating the Porta Sarno necropolis in Pompeii, Italy, discovered life-sized statues of a man and woman as part of a funerary relief. Experts believe the couple depicted were of high ...
The figures adorn the wall of a tomb found in a necropolis near one of Pompeii’s city gates. Pompeii Archaeological Park Two nearly life-size statues have been discovered inside a cemetery in Pompeii, ...
Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. An aerial view of Pompeii with Mount Vesuvius in the background. - SimonSkafar/Getty Images The once-thriving Roman city of ...
Researchers investigating the well-known House of Thiasus in Pompeii became fascinated with an unconnected stone staircase. A digital architectural reconstruction (based on features still present at ...
The two skeletons believed to be men at least 55 years old were found in the Casti Amanti, or House of Chaste Lovers, beneath a wall that collapsed before the area was covered in volcanic material.