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Grisly mystery of ancient Roman man's brain turned into glass in Pompeii eruption

New research has shed light on an extremely unfortunate resident of Herculaneum

Daily Mirror

Treasures from new digs reveal that Pompeii is far from ‘frozen in time’

Pliny the Younger said the tale of the city’s disaster would live for ever and a new excavation will reveal more about the Romans who lived – and died – there

The Guardian - UK

Ancient fresco among 60 treasures returned to Italy from US

A fresco from Herculaneum, a city which was destroyed along with Pompeii by the 79 A.D. eruption of Mount Vesuvius is now back in Italy, along with 59 other ancient pieces which were illegally trafficked to the United States

The Independent UK

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Italy Welcomes Home Looted Ancient Artworks from the US

Italy on Monday celebrated the return of 60 looted archaeological artifacts worth more than $20 million, many of which had been on display at New York's Metropolitan Museum of Art before their illicit origin was discovered. The items, which US authorities handed over to Italian counterparts in September, include "The…

Asharq Al-Awsat

Pompeii’s House of the Vettii reopens: a reminder that Roman sexuality was far more complex than simply gay or straight

As Pompeii’s House of the Vettii finally reopens after a long process of restoration, news outlets appear to be struggling with how to report on the Roman sex cultures so well recorded in the ruins of the city.

The Conversation

Newly restored house in Pompeii offers glimpse of elite life

The newly restored remains of an opulent ancient house in Pompeii offer visitors an exceptional peek at details of domestic life in the doomed Roman city

The Independent UK

‘Astonishing’ Pompeii home of men freed from slavery reopens to public

House of the Vettii features ornate and erotic friezes – and a fresco showing god Priapus with huge phallus

The Guardian - UK

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Pompeii deploys flock of hungry sheep to keep grass short

Green lawn-mowing method part of plans for site which include reviving ancient vineyards

The Guardian - UK

Loch Ness and Arthur's Seat named on Brits' European bucket list

Britain's European travel bucket list includes visiting the Northern Lights, Pompeii and Lake Como at the top of the list.

Daily Record

European travel bucket list revealed - with the Northern Lights topping the list

Britain's European travel bucket list includes visiting the Northern Lights, Pompeii and Lake Como at the top of the list.

Wales Online

Britain's European travel bucket list revealed - with the Northern Lights at the top

Britain's European travel bucket list includes visiting the Northern Lights, Pompeii and Lake Como at the top of the list.

Daily Mirror

Sports stadiums echo ancient divisions

More than 230 amphitheatres, among the largest and most memorable monuments left to us by the Romans, survive in cities from northern England to the banks of the Jordan River. The Romans built amphitheatres for more than 500 years in a range of sizes -- from a capacity of a…

Bangkok Post

Aussie tourist charged after ‘illegal moped ride through Pompeii ruins’

Driver charged with ‘unauthorised access’

The Independent UK

How Doomed City’s Squeezed Middle Classes Struggled To Stay On Top

A series of four new rooms unearthed in a family home in doomed Pompeii have revealed how the Roman city’s middle class struggled to keep up their status.

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The Loop: Barilaro faces trade job inquiry, banks divided on interest rate expectations, two killed in Brisbane attack and ancient finds in Pompeii

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Chicago Sun-Times

New Pompeii discoveries highlight middle-class life in doomed city

Archaeology activity in the sprawling site, near modern-day Naples, has increasingly focused on the lives of the middle class as well as of servants and other enslaved people.

Asharq Al-Awsat

Pompeii Discoveries Shed Light on Middle Class Life

Archaeologists have discovered four new rooms in a house in Pompeii filled with plates, amphoras and other everyday objects, giving a snapshot of middle class life at the moment Mount Vesuvius's eruption buried the Roman city in AD 79. The remains of bowls, a hastily emptied trunk, a bed and…

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The Independent UK

New Pompeii finds highlight middle-class life in doomed city

The latest batch of discoveries in Pompeii are enriching knowledge about middle-class households in the ancient Roman city that was destroyed in a volcanic eruption

The Conversation

The explosive history of the 2,000-year-old Pompeii 'masturbating' man

If you were suddenly frozen in time, there are a few things (I’d imagine) you would rather not be caught doing. This is the unfortunate fate many believe to have befallen the “masturbating man” of Pompeii.

Reason

"Where Is the Third Rome, Where Is the Third Reich, and Where Is Pompeii?"

Maksim Pokrovsky, a prominent Russian musician who is now working in New York, has just released this song; it has been out for 15 hours on YouTube, and so far has been viewed 825K views. My sense is that Pokrovsky is fairly prominent, as the frontman of Nogu Svelo! (literally,…

Daily Mirror

Britain's lost town swallowed up by the sea discovered after more than 650 years

Experts say finding the sunken town of Ravenser Odd would be like the discovery of Pompeii which was buried under volcanic lava, or even the lost city of Atlantic itself

Daily Mirror

Scientists sequence human genome of victims buried under Pompeii eruption

The two victims the researchers studied, according to anthropologist Dr Serena Viva from the University of Salento, were not attempting to escape when Pompeii was buried in volcanic ash

The Independent UK

First human genome from Pompeii sequenced

The remains belonged to a man who was aged between 35 and 40 years at the time of the eruption that wiped out Pompeii.

Inverse

Ancient Roman man lived in agony before Vesuvius eruption killed him — DNA analysis

The first genome sequencing study of an individual found in the ruins of Pompeii yields fresh genetic insights into the fabric of ancient Roman society.

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