Life-size sculptures — of a possible priestess and her husband — found at Pompeii
Nearly 2,000 years after a volcanic eruption caused hot ash to blanket the city, construction on railway lines revealed a ...
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It's time to build an ancient Roman city near an exploding volcano
City-building can be an exhausting affair, once you’ve evolved beyond the initial joy of cottage windows lighting up ...
Rare life-sized statues of toga-clad couple found in Pompeii tomb
Life-sized statues of a man and a woman were discovered in a tomb in Pompeii, researchers said, thousands of years after a ...
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The Roman Empire has never ceased to fascinate the world, even after the fall of its western half 1½ millennia ago. And with ...
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Skeleton Of Man Crushed By A Boulder While Trying To Flee Vesuvius Eruption Found At Pompeii
The victim, who was crushed by an enormous stone while trying to escape, is the latest in a series of discoveries at a ...
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Life-size sculptures — of a possible priestess and her husband — found at Pompeii
Nearly 2,000 years after a volcanic eruption caused hot ash to blanket the city, construction on railway lines revealed a necropolis in the Porta Sarno region of Pompeii, according to two April 1 ...
Life-Size Sculptures Uncovered In Pompeii Show That Ancient Women Didn't Just Have To Be Wives To Make A Difference
Visitors to the site of Pompeii, the ancient Roman town buried (and so preserved for thousands of years) by the eruption of ...
Archaeologists Discovered Two Life-Size Statues at Pompeii, Covered With Mysterious Symbols
Archaeologists excavating the Porta Sarno necropolis in Pompeii, Italy, discovered life-sized statues of a man and woman as ...
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Incredible Discovery at Pompeii: Near-Lifesize Sculptures Found in Ancient Tomb
Archaeologists have uncovered two near-lifesize sculptures in a Pompeii tomb, shedding new light on the city's elite.
Scientists explain how volcanic ash turned a human brain into glass
Learn how the eruption of Mount Vesuvius in AD 79 transformed one unfortunate Herculaneum resident’s brain into organic glass ...
Not stone or dust: scientists explain how a hot ash cloud turned brain tissue into glass
Learn how the eruption of Mount Vesuvius in AD79 transformed one unfortunate victim’s brain into organic glass.