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Two-thousand years ago, Rome was an all-powerful empire and Pompeii was one of its prosperous provincial towns-until Mount Vesuvius exploded in ...youtube.com 
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The Villa dei Papiri (aka the Villa of the Pisones) was initially investigated in the first generation of excavations in Herculaneum and Pompeii (1750-1761) by the tunnelling method. Recently new probes have been carried out ...
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At 1 p.m. on August 24, A.D. 79 Vesuvius erupted And after nine hours of pain and agony Pompeii and Herculaneum were put out of their misery. An eye witness Pliny wrote about the event of that horrible day.
Emmanuel Karayiannis's insight:
Info re. the last days of Pompeii and Herculaneum.
Matthew Ganibi's curator insight,
October 27, 2013 9:03 PM
Pompeii, a city devastated by the eruption of Vesuvius. |
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How Pompeii PerishedScientific American (blog)For me, though, these plaster victims prompt other thoughts too – about the city of Pompeii as a whole, and what it stands for.
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Roman heritage news excavations digs history Roman Empire Ancient Roma Archeology Julius Caesar histoire Rome antique fouilles archéologiques empire romain Jules Cesar archeologie (Saving the ruins of Herculaneum ~ Roman News and Archeology
Emmanuel Karayiannis's insight:
Conservation
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Fresh concern over ancient Pompeii after new collapseReutersROME (Reuters) - Part of the wall of a house in the ancient city of Pompeii collapsed on Friday, raising fresh concerns about the state of one of the world's most treasured archaeological...
Emmanuel Karayiannis's insight:
Calls for greater care in conservation.
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Great video!