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New Pompeii excavation reveals a large private thermal complex built 2,000 years agoROME (AP) — Pompeii, the ancient Roman city buried by ash and lava in 70 AD, has unearthed a new treasure -- a private bathhouse built 2,000 years ago, decorated with sumptuous mosaics and ...
Some 2,000 years ago, these structures stood in the ancient city of Teos—a thriving metropolis ... inscription and unearthed detailed mosaics depicting animals and dueling cupids.
Most people will be familiar with the idea of Pompeii as a thriving ancient city where time stood still. The basic facts are not in dispute. The eruption of Mount Vesuvius in 79 CE entombed the ...
Artwork has always made up a large fraction of Pompeii's riches, as the city's unique circumstances have preserved paintings and mosaics that might long have faded elsewhere. Luxurious villas bear ...
He wanted to see the King of Naples's museum of statues, salvaged from crude digs at the cities of Pompeii and Herculaneum, 1700 years after their destruction in the eruption of Vesuvius in AD79.
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