Life for the Lowest Class in Ancient Pompeii? It Was Awful. Excavations in the ancient ruins have unearthed a cramped space where enslaved workers and donkeys performed their grueling tasks.
Scrolls That Survived Vesuvius Divulge Their First Word Experts hope that the techniques used to retrieve hidden text on delicate papyrus could lead to the recovery of lost classic works.
A Proto-Pizza Emerges from a Fresco on a Pompeii Wall That doughy disc with delectable toppings seen in a 2,000-year-old painting is not a pizza, experts insist. But can we get one delivered anyway?
To Save a Ruin, Send in the Sheep The archaeological park of Pompeii has found a low-tech way to prevent the site from being overrun by vegetation: hungry sheep.