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Discoveries Shed Light on How Pompeii Survivors Resumed Life After the Volcanic Eruption

Tue, 06/11/2024 - 10:10

On August 24 in 79, Mount Vesuvius erupted, shooting over three cubic miles of debris up to 20 miles (32.1 kilometers) in the air. As the ash and rock fell to Earth, it buried the ancient cities of Pompeii and Herculaneum.

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Ancient Gladiator Sketches Likely Drawn by a Child Discovered in Pompeii

Tue, 05/28/2024 - 15:55

Gizmodo

Two sets of human remains, a variety of paintings, and a handful of childrens’ doodles were recently found in Pompeii, the ancient Roman town that was buried by a volcanic eruption in 79.

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A former SpaceX intern and 2 other students won $700,000 for deciphering a 2,000-year-old papyrus scroll using AI. Here's what it said.

Wed, 02/07/2024 - 19:18

Tech Insider

Greek words on a scanned image of papyrus and the charred scroll below it with red lines from an X-ray — This ancient scroll is part of the only library left from the ancient world.
The University of Kentucky via The Vesuvius Challenge/EduceLab

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X-Ray Analysis of Pompeii Victims’ Bones Suggest They Suffocated to Death

Wed, 08/23/2023 - 14:00

Gizmodo : Environment

Researchers studying the remains of six individuals from Pompeii concluded they asphyxiated during the volcanic eruption that doomed the town nearly 2,000 years ago.

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Pompeii find reveals the secrets of life as a slave in Ancient Rome, frozen in time for almost 2,000 years by volcanic eruption

Sun, 08/20/2023 - 13:32