Archaeologists working in the Pompeii area—Regio IX—managed to uncover a huge, private bath complex that adjoins the banquet hall of one of the wealthy villas. These discoveries suggest that ...

But the eruption also preserved how some of the city’s wealthier citizens lived, as demonstrated by the discovery of a sprawling thermal bath complex in a Pompeii villa. The spa is one of the ...

said the director of Pompeii, Gabriel Zuchtriegel. The recent discovery comes on the heels of the unearthing of the largest private Roman bath house in January. The bustling city was leveled in ...

The Republican Baths, which are documented among the oldest of their kind in Pompeii, were an experimental construction preceding the nearby Stabian baths which represent a perfect model of the ...

After lying hidden beneath metres of volcanic rock and ash for 2,000 years, a "once-in-a-century" find has been unearthed in the ancient Roman city of Pompeii in Italy. Archaeologists have ...

Another new discovery in the ruins of Pompeii has shed light on the wilder side of the ancient Romans. An extremely rare frieze known as a “megalography,” or painting with life-sized figures ...

And the gleaming Roman baths tourists still visit today present a vision of ... Almost every house and apartment building in Pompeii, Herculaneum and Ostia (cities much better preserved than Rome) had ...

In early 2025, archaeologists made one of Pompeii's most exciting discoveries for decades – an entire block of the city, complete with a laundry, a bakery, a large private home and a sprawling bath ...