In this double lecture, sponsored by the Custard Institute for Spanish Art & Culture, we delve into the discoveries at the ancient site of Herculaneum. Kenneth Lapatin, Associate Curator of ...

OUR sources of information in regard to the ancient world are fortunately no longer confined to books. The spade of the excavator has done more of late to illustrate the classics, to extend our ...

Drawing of a camel found in the Samnite House (V.1.) in Herculaneum (all images courtesy Ministero di Beni Culturali of Italy unless otherwise noted) When Mount Vesuvius erupted in 79 CE, burying ...

THE resurgence of postwar Italy has been reflected in a brisk resumption of archaeological research and excavations, especially in the South, where work has been proceeding with an intensity ...

"This book is published to accompany the exhibition at the British Museum from 28 March to 29 September 2013"--Title page verso. This work explores the lives of the ordinary people of Pompeii and ...

The dog is the first artefact we encounter (main picture). We are witness to its pitiful last moments, its convulsions of agony frozen in perpetuity. Its collar tells us that this was a guard dog, and ...

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 ...