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'People made it out of the cities alive': Tracing the survivors of Pompeii and Herculaneum, 2,000 years after Vesuvius erupted

Several lines of evidence, from chiseled inscriptions to missing horses, suggest that thousands of people survived the ...
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The Night Pompeii Died

This second episode of a three-part series exploring the intertwined histories of Pompeii and Vesuvius investigates Europe’s most dangerous volcano, and retraces the eruption of 79 AD.
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Bench is found in Pompeii where citizens sought work and political help over 2,000 years ago

Archaeologists discover a bench in Pompeii opposite the Villa of the Mysteries that reveals Roman social and political life.
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How Mount Vesuvius Buried Pompeii and Everyone Inside

When Mount Vesuvius erupted in 79 AD, it unleashed a torrent of destruction that obliterated Pompeii and neighboring towns.
The Harvard Crimson

Under Pompeii’s Ash, Harvard Researchers Unearth Everyday Life In Ancient Rome

To explore the site, the researchers drafted a multidisciplinary team of scientists from the fields of botany, architecture, ...
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17 Family Adventures Before Your Kids Leave Home

Childhood passes faster than we realize, one moment it’s bedtime stories and playgrounds, the next it’s graduation and ...
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'It's really an extraordinary story,' historian Steven Tuck says of the Romans he tracked who survived the AD 79 eruption of Mount Vesuvius

"I have found two or three rich guys, but I found a couple hundred middle class and even some desperately poor people who ...