More than 90 artefacts from the lost city of Pompeii are set to go on show in Canberra as part of a new blockbuster exhibition at the National Museum of Australia. Immersive soundscapes and ...

Accompanies an exhibition of the same name at the Melbourne Museum, 26 June - 25 October 2009, and at the Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa, Dec. 19, 2009-April ...

Before Pharaohmania’s renaissance, it was the relics of ancient Greek civilisation – of gods, warriors, the first Olympians – that had piqued the interest of classical enthusiasts down under. More ...

Curators unveil a 2,000-year-old gladiator helmet from Pompeii as a preview for an exhibition at the Melbourne Museum June 4, 2009. The bronze helmet survived the eruption of Mount Vesuvius and was ...

Many cities have fallen into disrepair and eventually ruin after military defeat or persistent attacks from pirates made them uninhabitable; others withered after changes in trade routes or technology ...

A significant portion of every generation believes that an apocalypse is just around the corner. In 99% of the cases, the doomsayers are wrong. But in 79 A.D., in the Roman city of Pompeii at the foot ...