Italy's ancient Pompeii park cracks down on daily visitors to combat overtourism Famous Roman city buried under ash after Mount Vesuvius' eruption in 79 AD sees influx of tourists.

Several months ago we traveled to Pompeii, Italy. The city is situated at the base of Mount Vesuvius, which erupted in 79 A.D. The hot magma and volcanic ash rained down on the city.

Once Italy was unified in 1861 and the Pompeii archaeological site was transferred from royal to state ownership, Giuseppe ...

The continuing discoveries at Pompeii 05:42. Stunning Roman frescoes have been uncovered by archeologists in Pompeii, the ancient city destroyed by an eruption of the volcano Mount Vesuvius in the ...

A new exhibition is spotlighting the women who have long been sidelined in histories of the Roman Empire—from mothers and ...

The archaeological park of Pompeii has found a low-tech way to prevent the site from being overrun by vegetation: hungry sheep. By Jason Horowitz POMPEII, Italy — On a bright morning in the ...

POMPEII, Italy (WKRC) - Archaeologists excavating the buried city of Pompeii discovered a pair of bodies clutching a trove of precious metals and jewelry. Before 2023, an area of Pompeii called ...

POMPEII, Italy, March 9 (Reuters) - A flock of grazing sheep is helping archaeologists to preserve the ancient ruins of Pompeii, the Roman city that was buried under metres of pumice and ash in ...

Pompeii, the ancient Roman city buried by ash and lava in 70 AD, has unearthed a new treasure -- a private bathhouse built 2,000 years ago, decorated with sumptuous mosaics and equipped with a ...

The ancient Roman archaeological park of Pompeii in southern Italy said on Friday it would cap daily visitor numbers at 20,000 as a response to its surging popularity. Skip to main content.

In 79 A.D., the sky above the city of Pompeii, Italy, turned gray.But it wasn’t snow that began falling—it was ash. Mount Vesuvius was erupting. For 12 hours, the volcano rained ash and pumice ...

An amazing Pompeii exhibition traveled to the Cincinnati Museum Center in 2012, and drew people from throughout the nation to see it. The exhibit is back with some exciting new additions. By the ...