One hundred and fifty male couples, known as Thebes’ Sacred Band, or ancient Greece’s army of lovers, was wiped out in a ...

The obscene graffiti directed against Caracalla and Geta in Gladiator II then is part of a long tradition of political ...

A recent genetic study calls for a reexamination of the identities and relationships of several individuals buried and ...

ROME, NOV 19 - Pompeii's House of the Little Fountain is set to re-open Thursday after a long restoration, the archaeological park at the ancient Roman city near Naples has announced. Located in an ...

In the ruins of the ancient city of Pompeii, houses, frescos, and artifacts have been preserved for visitors to observe. They ...

The Mount Vesuvius eruption of 79 A.D. blanketed Pompeii in destruction ... Some have hypothesized the two people could be ...

Roman Coins, Graves Found in Pompeii Shop Dig For decades ... a mother holding a daughter, or even lovers. The DNA shows that at least one of the two people was a male, eliminating two of the ...

The Mount Vesuvius eruption of 79 A.D. blanketed Pompeii in destruction ... a mother holding a daughter, or even lovers. The DNA shows that at least one of the two people was a male, eliminating ...

Pompeii’s “Two Maidens” may have been young gay lovers. Credit: Claus Ableiter / CC BY-SA 3.0 Around 2,000 years ago, when Mount Vesuvius erupted, two people in the ancient city of Pompeii held onto ...

New DNA evidence from Pompeii’s body casts reveals that traditional assumptions about residents’ relationships and origins were often incorrect, showing instead a diverse population with roots in the ...

Yet, beyond exploring Pompeii’s splendor, the book aims to illuminate the ... including projects on the neighboring Insula of the Chaste Lovers. This complex, which includes three houses, recently ...

Even though the true nature of their relationship is unclear, as per experts they can be gay lovers. Superintendent of the Pompeii archaeological site Massimo Osanna said, "The fact that they were ...