Less than a decade later, even the private owner, who used it as a hostel for students from around the world visiting ancient Stabiae ... house in Southern Italy. This initiative would respond ...

and Stabiae under ashes and rock fragments, and the city of Herculaneum under a mudflow. Mount Vesuvius, on the west coast of Italy, is the only active volcano in continental Europe and is ...

Pompeii is situated about 14 miles southeast of Naples in the Campania region of southern Italy. The settlement ... attempts to excavate the ancient city of Stabiae, also set on the Bay of Naples.

Over the years, Pompeii and other sites across Italy ... to see ancient frescoes. Park officials are also encouraging travelers to explore other nearby archaeological sites tied to Pompeii like the ...

Authorities at Pompeii in southern Italy are introducing a daily limit of 20,000 visitors as part of efforts to protect the ancient site ... of Torre Annunziata) and Stabiae, at modern ...

Photo from the Sicilian regional government Digging into the rocky soil of some hills in Sicily, Italy, archaeologists expected to uncover some interesting finds — but the unique ancient ...

Ancient DNA analysis has revealed a detailed picture of the life of a toddler who died in southern Italy 17,000 years ago, possibly due to a congenital heart condition. In 1998, researchers ...

Just down the coast from Pompeii, the ancient port of Stabiae (now Castellammare di Stabia ... Roman villa to have survived in northern Italy. Its name is deceptive on two levels: 'Grotte ...

An ancient clay figurine dating to the Iron Age has been found in Lake Bolsena, Italy. Unearthed by underwater archaeologists, this incomplete statuette offers a glimpse into life during the 10th ...

Construction workers in Italy recently came across the site of an ancient laundry near the Vatican, officials say. Italy's Ministry of Culture announced the surprising findings in a press release ...

Photo from Italy’s Ministry of Culture For almost two thousand years, a stone well sat in front of the steps of an ancient Roman temple in Italy. The ancient well wasn’t as attention-grabbing ...

Italy's Culture Ministry has banned loans ... sculpture was looted in the 1970s from an archaeological site at Stabiae, an ancient city close to Pompeii that was also covered by lava and ashes ...