The Latest Breaking News from Pompeii

The tremor originated near a super volcano not far from Naples

"Confronting the the fragility of our lives."

Archaeologists discover bed wedged against door of a house - alongside remains of a child

Pilots are accused of stowing tourist luggage on flight controls and dropping petals from aircraft

Wilson was in conversation with former Pink Floyd drummer Nick Mason at a special BFI IMAX screening of Adrian Maben's recently restored and rereleased concert movie

Gilmour, Waters, Wright and Mason are space rock whippets in the burning Italian sun in this outrageously indulgent yet vivid and beguiling music documentary

Watch Pink Floyd’s performance of One Of These Days from their restored Pompeii concert film which arrives in cinemas on April 24

ANALYSIS: New discoveries are overturning the assumptions that used to be made about a woman’s place in society, writes Emily Hauser

Visitors to the site of Pompeii, the ancient Roman town buried (and so preserved for thousands of years) by the eruption of Mount Vesuvius in 79AD, don’t often think to look beyond the city walls. And it’s easy to understand why: there’s plenty on offer within this monumentally well-preserved town,…