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In 1748, he began prospecting the nearby ancient city of Pompeii (which had previously been believed to be Stabiae), noted for the fact that it remained virtually unchanged, with expressions of surprise still on the inhabitants who remained there intact, buried by the sudden eruption of Vesuvius.
2,800-year-old ‘recycling bin’ discovered in ruins of ‘Britain’s Pompeii,’ photos show ... Dubbed “Britain’s Pompeii,” it was destroyed in a “catastrophic” fire less than a ...
POMPEII, Italy — Buried and unseen for nearly 2,000 years, a sacred room has been unearthed at Pompeii with painted blue walls, a rare and expensive color in the Roman city.. Describing it as a ...
It, too, was decorated in the Third Style with red fields containing masterfully painted animals including a he-goat and a hound chasing a hare. Here, a cache of silver utensils was found as well as a fine weave of gold that excavators conjectured may have formed a purse. A bedroom with bare walls (e) was discovered to the right of the tablinum.
Pompeii and Mt. Vesuvius in 1900. Excavations were carried out in the ancient towns of Pompeii and Herculaneum, both of which had been covered by ashes during the eruption of Mount Vesuvius in the year 79. These excavations began in 1748 in Pompeii, while in Herculaneum they began in 1738 under the auspices of King Charles VII of Naples.
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Although less known than Pompeii today, it was the first and, for a long time, the only discovered Vesuvian city (in 1709). Pompeii was revealed in 1748 and identified in 1763. [1] Unlike Pompeii, the mainly pyroclastic material that covered Herculaneum carbonized and preserved more wooden objects such as roofs, beds, and doors, as well as ...
French and Italian researchers discovered four skeletons and three gold coins in the ruins of an ancient shop.