A new scientific study has found strong chemical signs that some of the city’s earliest bathing pools were contaminated by human waste and weren’t refreshed often, meaning ancient bathers were, quite ...

A study of limescale buildup in an early bathing facility at Pompeii has revealed that the water was replaced only once per ...

New research suggests that the Romans' early bathhouses relied on polluted groundwater and infrequent water changes before ...

This historic village is home to centuries-old Roman ruins, a Roman museum with ancient artefacts, and an award winning pub — ...

This historically significant hidden gem boasts a Roman museum, well-preserved Roman bath house ruins, and an award-winning ...

Pompeii is well known as an iconic Roman city. But for much of its early history, it wasn’t Roman at all. It belonged to the ...

A 2026 PNAS study reveals Pompeii's pre-Roman Republican Baths were heavily contaminated with human waste and rarely ...

T he ancient Romans took bathing seriously—it was a crucial facet of their daily lives, and people from a range of social ...

Pompeii is a city frozen in time and shows us exactly how the Romans really lived. Buried by volcanic ash and debris from the ...

Before the Romans captured Pompeii, the famous town was run by the Samnite people – and a dip in their public baths might ...

Pompeii’s public baths, aqueduct, and water towers were among the preserved structures frozen in time. A new paper published ...

Archaeologists uncovered the 2,000-year-old Flaccus tomb at Heerlen's Raadhuisplein during a town-square excavation.