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The naumachiae seem mostly to have been recreations of famous historical engagements – in the movie, it's the Battle of ...

POMPEII, Italy: The world-famous Pompeii archaeological park introduced a daily limit of 20,000 visitors on Friday (Nov 15), the latest Italian tourist site to take action against overcrowding.

Gabriel Zuchtriegel, the director of Pompeii, told AFP the measure was designed to better manage crowd numbers, leading to a more "sustainable" growth. "The idea is not to close Pompeii but to ...

The world-famous Pompeii archaeological park has introduced a daily limit of 20,000 visitors, the latest Italian tourist site to take action against overcrowding. The "experimental" scheme will ...

Some of the victims of the Mount Vesuvius eruption in 79 A.D. in Pompeii were cast in plaster to preserve the scene. New DNA studies of those victims tell a different tale than what experts had ...

In the ancient city of Pompeii, a small house filled with elaborate frescos was discovered. Its decorations feature ...

Pompeii is huge. Comprising nine regions across 66 hectares it would take two to three days to see it all. Here are seven ...

The recent discovery of an unfinished mural by an unknown World War II soldier in a former Camp Crowder building represents a rare opportunity to preserve a work from the military’s Camp Art ...

Thanks! Visiting Pompeii, the ancient Roman city in southern Italy that was destroyed by a volcano, is on a lot of people’s travel bucket lists – it had been on mine since I was little! Before I ...

The largest recorded naumachia came some years later. This reenactment of battle between the “Rhodians” and “Sicilians” was staged by Claudius in 52 CE on the natural lake in Abruzzo, Italy. The event ...

A video that showed a woman accusing her fellow passenger of blocking the aisle has sparked debate online Getty A stock image of passengers waiting to exit an airplane. A plane passenger who stood up ...