Ancient DNA recovered from Pompeii upends long-held …
6 days ago · Located about 14 miles (22.5 kilometers) southeast of Naples in what’s now Italy’s Campania region, Pompeii was geographically ideal due to its port, according to the study.
Pompeii is limiting its daily visitor numbers | CNN
3 days ago · Andreas Solaro/AFP/Getty Images. CNN —. Authorities at Pompeii in southern Italy are introducing a daily limit of 20,000 visitors as part of efforts to protect the ancient site. The measure ...
New DNA evidence rewrites long-told stories of people in ancient Pompeii
Nov 7, 2024 · Updated 9:59 AM PST, November 8, 2024. When a volcanic eruption buried the ancient city of Pompeii, the last desperate moments of its citizens were preserved in stone for centuries. Observers see stories in the plaster casts later made of their bodies, like a mother holding a child and two women embracing as they die.
Striking Roman paintings uncovered in Pompeii after nearly ... - NBC News
Apr 11, 2024 · Buried and unseen for nearly 2,000 years, a series of striking paintings showing Helen of Troy and other Greek heroes has been uncovered in the ruined Roman town of Pompeii.
Pompeii DNA evidence contradicts long-held assumptions about …
6 days ago · Pompeii's victims were later immortalized by archaeologists who used plaster to fill the voids left by their bodies and observers have long created stories based on these casts, one of which was ...
A blue painted shrine is the latest discovery in Pompeii ... - CNN
Jun 4, 2024 · Archaeologists have unearthed an intricately decorated blue room, interpreted as an ancient Roman shrine known as a sacrarium, during recent excavations in central Pompeii in Italy.
Rare and expensive blue shrine unearthed in Pompeii after ... - NBC News
Jun 12, 2024 · POMPEII, Italy — Buried and unseen for nearly 2,000 years, a sacred room has been unearthed at Pompeii with painted blue walls, a rare and expensive color in the Roman city.
Pompeii: Breathtaking new paintings found at ancient city - BBC News
Apr 11, 2024 · Stunning artworks have been uncovered in a new excavation at Pompeii, the Roman city buried in an eruption from Mount Vesuvius in AD79. Archaeologists say the frescos are among the finest yet ...
Stunning new Roman frescoes uncovered at Pompeii, the ... - CBS News
Apr 11, 2024 · Stunning Roman frescoes have been uncovered by archeologists in Pompeii, the ancient city destroyed by an eruption of the volcano Mount Vesuvius in the year 79 AD. Experts say the newly...
Pompeii: Breathtaking new paintings found at ancient city - BBC
Stunning artworks have been uncovered in a new excavation at Pompeii, the Roman city buried in an eruption from Mount Vesuvius in AD79. Archaeologists say the frescos are among the finest yet ...
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