Researchers have estimated how much the home's owners may have paid to paint the small sacrarium, calculating the price of the Egyptian blue pigment and the hours of labor required to prepare it ...
Since 1863, archaeologists have made more than 100 plaster casts, which show how victims died after Mount Vesuvius erupted in ...
More than 20 plaster casts of victims who died in the catastrophic volcano eruption in Pompeii went on display for the first ...
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Ancient Roman machine gun-like weapon may have damaged Pompeii’s walls during siege
Learn how a Roman polybolos unleashed rapid-fire projectiles during the siege of Pompeii.
A new permanent exhibition at Pompeii tells the full story of the ancient city’s destruction through casts, and accessible ...
The ancient city of Pompeii is one of those archaeological sites that keeps on giving with one discovery after another. While ...
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Underland and Pompei: Below the Clouds — the films venturing into the dark realm beneath our feet
New documentaries by Robert Petit and Gianfranco Rosi bring the wonder — and horror — of the subterranean world to the screen ...
In 89 BCE, when the residents of Pompeii rebelled against Rome, the Empire pulled no punches in its attempts to quell the revolt, launching a full-scale siege of the ill-fated city. Led by Lucius ...
This love story will be buried in ash before nightfall. Gianfranco Rosi’s gorgeous black-and-white documentary “Pompei: Below the Clouds,” shot in the shadow of Vesuvius, is an effective companion ...
Art officials present a newly-restored ancient brothel in the archaeological complex of Pompeii, believed to be the most ...
A growing number of researchers are turning to the Pompeii's graffiti to better understand the lives, humor and concerns of ...
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