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Ancient Roman coins and an earring are seen at the archaeological site of the ancient city of Pompeii, in Pompeii Italy, on July 5, 2024. Skeletons found in discovery-rich area
An archaeologist works on the recently discovered remains of a victim in the archaeological site of the ancient city of Pompeii, which was destroyed in AD 79 by the eruption of Mount Vesuvius, in ...
The life of a prostitute in Pompeii was a challenging one. Whether they were enslaved or merely too poor to deny work, prostitutes hardly refused a client. [35] It was not uncommon for prostitutes to be robbed, beaten, raped, and even killed while working at the brothel. The women inside the brothel faced such abuse by both clients and managers.
The bodies of a man and a woman have been unearthed in Pompeii, along with a cache of coins and precious jewelry, archaeologists say. Pompeii archaeologists find bodies of man and woman – and ...
The Amphitheatre of Pompeii is one of the oldest surviving Roman amphitheatres. It is located in the ancient city of Pompeii, near Naples, and was buried by the eruption of Mount Vesuvius in 79 AD, that also buried the city of Pompeii and the neighbouring town of Herculaneum. Six bodies were found during the excavations. [2]
This phase lasted 18 to 20 hours and spread pumice and ashes, forming a 2.8 m (9 ft) layer to the south, towards Pompeii. An earthquake caused buildings in Pompeii to collapse at this time. [18] The following Pelean phase produced pyroclastic surges of molten rock and hot gases that reached as far as Misenum, to the west. Concentrated to the ...
The discovery of two skeletons buried beneath a collapsed wall in the Pompeii archaeological site point to deaths by powerful earthquakes that accompanied the devastating eruption of Mount ...
Pompei (Italian:; Neapolitan: Pumpeje [pumˈbɛːjə]), also known in English as Pompeii (/ p ɒ m ˈ p eɪ (i)/ pom-PAY(-ee)) after the name of the ancient city, is a city and comune in the Metropolitan City of Naples, Italy. It contains the ancient Roman ruins of Pompeii, a UNESCO World Heritage Site.