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Archaeologists Uncover Lavish Private Bathhouse in Pompeii
Archaeologists have uncovered one of Pompeii’s largest and most elaborate private bathhouses. Complete with mosaic floors, ...
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Vesuvius—Asleep for Now
"In the eruption that buried Pompeii and Herculaneum ... where the French Angevin monarchy first settled, and it marks the geographic and, in some ways, the emotional heart of the city.
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Researchers establish longer timeline of Pompeii eruption, extend it by 13 hours
The painting “The Destruction of Pompeii and Herculaneum” by English artist John Martin, depicting the eruption of Mount Vesuvius in 79 AD. Courtesy of John Martin via Wikimedia Commons   Despite ...
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Lavish 2,000-Year-Old Mansion Reveals Puzzle
This story appears in the October 2016 issue of National Geographic magazine ... Perhaps a Roman official wanted Pompeii-like decor to remind him of home while he was stationed in this provincial ...