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Think Karens and Yelp complaints are a relatively new thing? This ancient discovery proves humans have always loved to ...
There are lots of tours that let you visit Pompeii, Mount Vesuvius and Herculaneum in one day, but that seems very rushed to me. We did it in two days – one full day for Pompeii and another where we ...
There's still a lot left to learn when it comes to ancient history, and scientists are still finding locations long since ...
In a landmark project, scientists use AI and X-rays to uncover texts of ancient Herculaneum scrolls buried by the eruption of ...
Scans of 18 ancient papyri that were buried by the eruption of Mount Vesuvius look ‘very promising’, and there are plans to ...
The 1972 concert film Pink Floyd Live at Pompeii, back in cinemas this week, would change the way many thought of Pompeii.
A wine shop sign in the ruins of the ancient Roman city Herculaneum’s main street ... The city near Pompeii was destroyed by the eruption of Mount Vesuvius in 79 CE. 33,400 people played ...
As an archaeologist, I understand that the darkened layer left when fire sweeps through a city draws a sharp line in time ...
By Steve Knopper Lana Topham‘s obsessive quest for the perfect Pink Floyd at Pompeii film cut began in 1994, when guitarist David Gilmour requested unedited footage from the concert shot in 1971.
I was reminded of the charred scrolls from Herculaneum, on which the Getty Villa was modeled, and the ashy human figures from Pompeii, frozen in the poses in which they died as waves of volcanic ...
Pope Francis kicked off his whirlwind visit to New York City with *** Popemobile procession down 5th Avenue. At Saint Patrick's Cathedral, the pontiff fled evening prayers, thanking American nuns ...