News tagged with ancient pompeii
In ancient Pompeii, trash and tombs went hand in hand
(PhysOrg.com) -- Cemeteries in ancient Pompeii were “mixed-use developments” with a variety of purposes that included serving as an appropriate site to toss out the trash. That’s according to ...
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Jan 04, 2012 |
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Life and death (and sex and sewage) in a Roman town
Forget your preconceptions about the civilised, sparkling, white cityscapes of the ancient world: Real-life Pompeii was an altogether more sordid proposition, as Cambridge classicist Mary Beard is set to explain.
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Dec 14, 2010 |
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UQ archaeology digs into the life behind Pompeii
(PhysOrg.com) -- Brisbane may be 2000 years and half-a-world away from Pompeii, but it hasn’t stopped a UQ archaeologist from digging up some hidden treasures.
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Nov 25, 2009 |
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Ancient 'graffiti' unlock the life of the common man
History is often shaped by the stories of kings and religious and military leaders, and much of what we know about the past derives from official sources like military records and governmental decrees. Now ...
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Mar 06, 2012 |
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Exhibit shows Pompeian life before Vesuvius' wrath
As doomsdays go, few can top Pompeii’s. The volcanic cataclysm of Mount Vesuvius in 79 A.D. buried the vibrant city and many thousands of its residents under layers of ash and rock several feet thick. ...
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Feb 28, 2012 |
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Study characterizes 300-million-year-old tropical forest preserved in volcano ash
(PhysOrg.com) -- Pompeii-like, a 300-million-year-old tropical forest was preserved in ash when a volcano erupted in what is today northern China. A new study by University of Pennsylvania paleobotanist Hermann ...
Space & Earth / Earth Sciences
Feb 20, 2012 |
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Mexico road project sets up fight over ruins
(AP) -- When neighbors in the hills east of Mexico City saw backhoes ripping up pre-Hispanic relics for a highway, they did something unexpected in a country where building projects often bulldoze through ...
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Feb 08, 2012 |
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Volcanic destruction? Not always
For many, the story of Pompeii defines what happens when a volcano erupts: It destroys everything in its path and kills everyone who cannot escape.
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Dec 02, 2011 |
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Rethinking the fall of Rome's republic
When Julius Caesar crossed the Rubicon -- a river in northern Italy -- in 49 B.C., leading what was effectively his own personal army, he triggered a set of changes that resonated through the ancient world ...
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Nov 09, 2011 |
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Team discovers ancient road at Maya village buried by volcanic ash 1,400 years ago
A University of Colorado Boulder-led team excavating a Maya village in El Salvador buried by a volcanic eruption 1,400 years ago has unexpectedly hit an ancient white road that appears to lead to and from ...
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Oct 05, 2011 |
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Ancient sewer excavation sheds light on the Roman diet
(PhysOrg.com) -- Archaeologists working in a system of connected sewers and drains under the ancient town of Herculaneum in the Bay of Naples area of Italy have analyzed the human excrement found there and ...
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Jun 17, 2011 |
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'Paperless' research to be highlighted at international conference
New technology is revolutionizing the precise recording of history at an ancient, lost city, bucking a tradition that has been in place for centuries. University of Cincinnati researchers will present "The ...
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Apr 07, 2011 |
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Fossils record ancient migrations and trilobite orgies
Few specimens inspire greater thrills among fossil collectors than a complete trilobite. These ancient arthropods – relatives of lobsters, spiders and insects – went extinct more than 250 million years ago, but ...
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Mar 16, 2011 |
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