Pompeii Archive
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AncientPages.com - As Pompeii’s House of the Vettii finally reopens after a long process of restoration, news outlets appear to be struggling with how to report on the Roman sex
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Archaeology
Conny Waters – AncientPages.com – Before the eruption of Mount Vesuvius in 79 A.D., many people in Pompeii lived a comfortable life. At the time of the destruction,
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Archaeology
Conny Waters - AncientPages.com - The first successfully sequenced human genome from an individual who died in Pompeii, Italy, after the eruption of Mount Vesuvius in 79 CE
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News
Jan Bartek - AncientPages.com - The main task of this sophisticated robot dog will be to inspect archaeological areas and structures ensuring the ancient site of Pompeii is
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News
Conny Waters - AncientPages.com - Before the devastating eruption of Mount Vesuvius in 79 A.D, people in Pompeii lived a comfortable life. At the time of the destruction,
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Archaeology
Jan Bartek- AncientPages.com - Archaeologists have discovered an unusual and well-preserved skeleton of a man in the ancient city of Pompeii. The find was made during excavations of
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Archaeology
Jan Bartek - AncientPages.com - A large ceremonial chariot with four wheels found in Pompeii has already been labeled an exceptional discovery that has no parallel in Italy. What
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Archaeology
Jan Bartek - AncientPages.com - Excavations in Pompeii have never ended and for the first time ever archaeologists can report they have discovered an entire thermopolium. Thermopolium, the
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Artifacts
Conny Waters - AncientPages.com - A Canadian woman has sent back to Italy five artifacts she stole from Pompeii in 2005, during her visit to Pompeii, the ancient
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Archaeology
Conny Waters – AncientPages.com - Recently, archaeologists in Pompeii discovered yet another 2,000-year-old well-preserved frescoed fast food counter used by the Romans. In our earlier article on AncientPages we described
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Archaeology
AncientPages.com - Il Globo reports that archaeologists have made a surprising discovery in the ruins of Pompeii, the ancient Roman city, which was destroyed following the explosion of Mt
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Archaeology
AncientPages.com - The Local reports that an alley of two-story houses, with balconies has been unearthed in the ancient city of Pompeii. Italy. "This type of find is a novelty
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Ancient Symbols
Ellen Lloyd - AncientPages.com - The Sator Square is an ancient magical word puzzle that fascinates historians and scientists. It was first discovered at the end of the
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Ancient History Facts
Ellen Lloyd - AncientPages.com - In modern times fast food has become popular because many simply don’t have time or energy to prepare a proper meal. Ancient Romans loved
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Archaeology
AncientPages.com - When Mount Vesuvius erupted on the morning of August 24, 79 A.D. its great cloud of hot ash, stones and poisonous gases completely buried the whole Roman
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News
AncientPages.com - On February 5, 62 AD, Pompeii, an ancient Roman town-city near modern Naples, was at the epicenter of an earthquake. The earthquake was approximately 7.5 in magnitude
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Civilizations
A. Sutherland - AncientPages.com - On the morning of August 24, 79 AD, Mount Vesuvius erupted and broke its centuries-long silence. Its great cloud of hot ash, stones, and
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