armi del soldato When Mount Vesuvius destroyed the Roman city of Pompeii in 79 CE, the eruption also killed hundreds of people huddled on the shores of nearby Herculaneum. A recent study of the remains of one victim, who died on the beach not far from a small naval vessel, suggests that he might have […]
Enlarge (credit: Pompeii Archaeological Park/Ministry of Cultural Heritage and Activities and Tourism/Luigi Spina/Handout via REUTERS) A recently-unearthed termopolium, or “hot drinks counter” served up ancient Roman street food—and plenty of wine—to the people of northeast Pompeii in the days before Mount Vesuvius destroyed the city in a cataclysmic 79 CE eruption. Painted bright yellow and […]
Expand (charge: Reuters) Archaeologists discovered the remains of two men lying within a subterranean area in a big villa in the outskirts of the Roman town of Pompeii, in southern Italy, Reuters reports. Dependent on the status of the skeletons and hints from asserted traces of clothes, 1 man seems to have turned into a […]