Isotopic analysis confirmed that the workers in Pompeii relied on hot-mixing when making their concrete. Samples from the ...
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Groundbreaking micoexcavations at Pompeii have revealed that the city's slaves may have eaten better than its free Romans.
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In 79 AD, the city of Pompeii was famously wiped out by an eruption on Mount Vesuvius, something depicted larger than life on screens this February in Pompeii. It was an instant death: The heat ...
A restorer works in the ancient Roman city Pompeii, which was buried in AD 79 by an eruption of the Vesuvius volcano, February 6, 2013. REUTERS/Ciro De Luca By Naomi O'Leary ROME (Reuters) - ...