The Casa della Gemma is one of several buildings in the archaeological park in Campania, Italy, that are being made accessible for a limited period each year

The introduction of an entrance fee has been proposed at the Rome landmark

Frescoes show, among other saucy scenes, a satyr coupled with a naked nymph

Charcoal sketches highlight they ‘witnessed battles in the amphitheatre’, says park director

Depicting scenes from Greek mythology, the works were discovered in the banqueting room of a large house in the ancient Roman city

Regio IX area, one of nine neighbourhoods, was made publicly accessible this week

The painting was found close to Naples, home of the famous margherita pizza

MANN's new partner museum will provide an additional 10,000 sq. m of exhibition space, allowing the people of Naples to finally see the full range of the largest collection of classical archaeology in the world

The €35m development will include a new train station adjacent to the Pompeii archaeological site

New invisible technology is being used to generate electricity at the archaeological site—and will also be used for other historic buildings in Italy, Portugal and Croatia

Newly-refurbished home belonged to former slaves who made their wealth in the wine business

Bologna show looks beyond the paintings, preserved by the ash of Mount Vesuvius, to explore Roman society

Archaeologists bring to light household items buried in the ash

Contemporary initiative also includes new book with contributions from more than 60 artists such as Adrian Villar Rojas, Lara Favaretto and Michael Rakowitz

Monitoring system that includes drones and sensors will track the impact of extreme weather

Previous discoveries made during the excavation of the Civita Giuliana villa include a ceremonial chariot and the bodies of two men

A new book by the art historian Ben Street attempts to demystify how we look at art and argues for reacting instinctively to what we see

A solo show by Wangechi Mutu comments on the museum’s history, while an exceptional archaeological presentation gives antiquity a fresh feel

The German-born archaeologist tells us about his fascination with the ancient world and the need to involve visitors in the discovery process

Experts believe that the ceremonial carriage may have been used for wedding processions

The Antiquarium reveals treasures and recent discoveries charting the ancient Roman city's rich history before deadly volcanic eruption

Thermopolium snack bar is revealed in full, providing "extraordinary evidence of the Mediterranean diet', says director

Plaster casts were made of the newly discovered victims of Vesuvius eruption, which are believed to have been a wealthy landowner and his slave

The black glassy material was found inside the skull of a 25-year-old caretaker of an imperial building in Herculaneum, who was probably asleep at the time of the eruption

Italy's culture minister Dario Franceschini says the find shows the site is an "inexhaustible mine for archaeological research"

The exhibition in Oxford, which contains loans that have never before left Italy, includes a (possible) Roman version of a chamber pot

Excavation tells a poignant story of an unfortunate Roman

Artists invited to create sculptural works with archaeological fragments held in deep storage