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The dishes of the Herculaneans, the discovery in the city sewers

Buried by the devastating eruption of Vesuvius in 79 A.D., Herculaneum remained imprisoned for centuries under a 20-meter-high blanket of volcanic ash. A catastrophic eruption that has remarkably preserved houses, furnishings, bodies and many aspects of the daily lives of its inhabitants. A place often ignored and secondary to the nearby and important Pompeii, but […]

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When was Pompeii destroyed by the eruption of Mount Vesuvius?

August 24? October 24? October 17? But what is the exact date of the eruption of Vesuvius that destroyed Pompeii, Herculaneum, Oplonti and Stabia? For centuries, it was believed that the date of the eruption of Vesuvius that destroyed Pompeii coincided with August 24, 79 AD. But new archaeological discoveries and scientific analysis have called […]

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Pompeii: The endless discoveries in the villa of Civita Giuliana

A stable with the remains of an entire horse, a 4-wheeled ceremonial chariot, two slave rooms, and a sacellum. These are just some of the discoveries made from 2017 to date near the villa of Civita Giuliana in Pompeii. An important excavation that has returned fundamental finds and knowledge to history but also put an […]

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