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Pompeii exhibit returns to thrill again with new artifacts at St. Louis Science Center
St. Louis Science Center Special Exhibitions Manager Kaylia Eskew shared what to expect artifacts and experience to expect ...
Incredible new Pompeii find shed light on secretive cult of Bacchus
It’s not the only Pompeii mansion to celebrate the god of excess. The “House of Bacchus” was excavated in 1879. One of its frescoes shows the god standing beside Mount Vesuvius, wrapped in a gown of ...
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A Pompeii Family Tried To Save Their Own Lives By Barricading Themselves In A Bedroom
At an ancient residence called the House of Helle and Phrixus, a Pompeii family tried to save themselves from Mount […] ...
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These Ancient Scrolls Have Been a Tantalizing Mystery for 2,000 Years. Researchers Just Deciphered a Title for the First Time
Mount Vesuvius' eruption preserved the Herculaneum scrolls beneath a blanket of ash. Two millennia later, X-ray scans show ...