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Chicago Sun-Times
Chicago Sun-Times
National
Stefano Esposito

The last days of ‘Pompeii’? Not until January after MSI extends exhibition

A replica of a cast of a person who was buried in ash after the eruption of Mount Vesuvius is part of “Pompeii: The Exhibition” at the Museum of Science and Industry. (Pat Nabong/Sun-Times)

The scrawled etching in stone reads: “I’d like to be the gem in your ring for just an hour to get the kisses you give when you press the seal.”

The ancient Pompeii graffiti is a reminder of how little has changed in the last 2,000 years or so — think of the far-less-creative tourists recently caught carving their initials into the walls of Rome’s Colosseum.

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