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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The Stunning Ancient Greek Queen Fresco Discovered in Pompeii
A stunning fresco discovered in Pompeii depicts a sensual scene of the Roman god Jupiter and Leda, the Greek mythical queen ...
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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 – ...
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Explore a day in Pompeii almost 2,000 years after its destruction
You've probably heard of Pompeii. That long-lost, ancient city, destroyed by one of the most devastating volcanic eruptions ...
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Life-sized murals discovered on walls of Pompeii home buried by volcanic eruption nearly 2,000 years ago
POMPEII, Italy – In a city buried under feet of ash and debris from the eruption of Mount Vesuvius ... works were about 100 years old when the volcano erupted. "Both the frieze in the House ...
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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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Vesuvius Erupted, but When Exactly?
Volcanic debris “poured across the ... history had given greater entertainment to posterity than the eruption that had buried Pompeii. For scholars and armchair archaeologists, that ...
Did Mount Vesuvius’ ash cloud really transform a brain into glass?
A brain transmuted into glass by the famous volcano should have been impossible. Some scientists say it still is.
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What did ancient Roman artists use to paint Pompeii? New study offers a glimpse
Unused paints are generally rare finds for archaeologists — but not at Pompeii. Take a look at “almost the entire palette of ...