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Showing posts with label MT. Vesuvius. Show all posts
Showing posts with label MT. Vesuvius. Show all posts
Wednesday, May 30, 2018

2,000-Year-Old Remains of Horse Killed by Pompeii Volcano Found in Tomb Raider Tunnel

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Ancient Origins Donkeys, pigs, and dogs have all been found amongst the ruins of Pompeii, but the remains of a carbonized horse are th...
Thursday, August 3, 2017

Pompeii: A Snapshot of Ancient Roman Life

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BY GRAHAM LAND Made From History In August of 79 AD Mount Vesuvius erupted, covering the Roman city of Pompeii in 4 – 6 metres of pumice...
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Wednesday, August 24, 2016

24 August AD 79 – Pompeii is engulfed by ash

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History Extra The Last Day of Pompeii (1830), by Russian painter Karl Bryullov, was inspired by the artist’s visit to the site ...
Friday, July 1, 2016

Archaeologists Find Pompeii Victims Who Perished in a Shop

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Ancient Origins Archaeologists carrying out excavations on the outskirts of the Roman city of Pompeii have discovered the remains of f...
Wednesday, December 16, 2015

History Trivia - Henry VI of England crowned King of France

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December 16  1431 Henry VI of England was crowned King of France at Notre Dame in Paris. Though young Henry had been proclaimed king ...
Monday, October 5, 2015

New Scans of Ancient Pompeii Victims Reveal Great Teeth and Good Health

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Ancient Origins CT scanners are being used on the plaster casts of the Mount Vesuvius victims from Pompeii. Preliminary results show tha...
Thursday, September 24, 2015

Perfectly preserved tomb unearthed in Pompeii

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Fox News April 17, 2015: People visit the ruins at the ancient archaeological site of Pompeii.  (REUTERS/Ciro de Luca) French archaeo...
Tuesday, September 22, 2015

Extremely rare discovery of Pre-Roman tomb in Pompeii will shed light on its early history

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Ancient Origins Archaeologists have unearthed an extremely rare 4 th century BC tomb of a woman dating to before the Roman pr...
Monday, August 24, 2015

History Trivia - Mount Vesuvius erupts burying the cities of Pompeii and Herculaneum

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August 24  49 BC Julius Caesar's general Gaius Scribonius Curio was defeated in the Second Battle of the Bagradas River by the Num...
Sunday, August 23, 2015

History Trivia - Mount Vesuvius begins to stir

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August 23  79 Mount Vesuvius ( a stratovolcano on the Bay of Naples, Italy) began to stir, on the feast day of Vulcan, the Roman god o...
Friday, August 14, 2015

Decaying and Looted Pompeii Gets a Big Infusion of Care from the Italian Government

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Pompeii, the city frozen in time by a super-hot gas cloud and ash that erupted from Mount Vesuvius in 79 AD, has been placed under the pro...
Monday, August 3, 2015

5 facts about… Pompeii

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The solidified remains of a person killed in Pompeii (© Art Media/Print Collector/Getty Images) In AD 79, the people of Pompeii felt ru...
Monday, May 25, 2015

Frozen in Time: Casts of Pompeii Reveal Last Moments of Volcano Victims

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Ancient Origins The plaster casts of 86 agonized victims of the Mount Vesuvius eruption in 79 AD will go on exhibit May 26, 2015, in Nat...
Wednesday, January 21, 2015

New Tech Could Reveal Secrets in 2,000-Year-Old Scrolls

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by Tia Ghose Live Science Hundreds of rolled, charred papyrus scrolls that were ...