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CIT Remembers Pompeii
CIT captures the cataclysmic eruption of Mount Vesuvius in breathtaking detail with its new Cook Islands $20 “Lost City – ...
Life-sized murals discovered on walls of Pompeii home buried by volcanic eruption nearly 2,000 years ago
In a city buried under feet of ash and debris from the eruption of Mount Vesuvius in A.D. 79, archaeologists have announced ...
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Pompeii had a secret CULT for 'raving, intoxicated women', archaeologists say
The woman who abandons her children, the house and the city, who breaks free ... As people fled Pompeii or hid in their homes, their bodies were covered by blankets of the surge.
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The wonders of Pompeii
Italia [ENA] Pompeii, the eternal city buried by the fury of Mount Vesuvius in 79 AD, continues to reveal its secrets. A ...
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Pompeii’s Paint Workshops Were More Sophisticated Than Once Thought, New Study Finds
An analysis of 26 paint pigments found in Pompeii reveals the remarkable skill of artisan skill at mixing natural and ...
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What can an exhibition about an ancient city frozen in time tell us about museums and the meaning of the present?
While the physical bodies from which they were created are ... at a museum in the ancient city of Pompeii, southern Italy, in 1866. (Photo by Hulton Archive / Getty Images) Moreover, audiences ...
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Very rare paintings depicting the god of wine unearthed in Pompeii 2,000 years after city was buried by ash and lava
An extremely rare cycle of paintings depicting a raucous ritual involving the god of wine has been unearthed in Pompeii, the ancient Roman city buried by volcanic ash and lava in A.D. 79 ...
London Evening Standard25d
Mount Vesuvius eruption turned man's brain partly into glass
Scientists made the surprise discovery while examining the body of a man who was killed in the ancient city of Herculaneum ... the thriving Roman cities of Pompeii, burning the area under metres ...