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Ancient Drawings Of Stick-Figure Gladiators Likely Made By Children Uncovered At The Ruins Of Pompeii
While excavating the ruins of Pompeii, the ancient Roman city destroyed by the eruption of Mount Vesuvius in 79 C.E., ...
Life-size sculptures uncovered in Pompeii show that ancient women didn't just have to be wives to make a difference
Visitors to the site of Pompeii, the ancient Roman town buried (and so preserved for thousands of years) by the eruption of ...
Fairbanks Daily News-Miner1d
Tiny rabbits, tiny books, tiny paintings: Big adventures down the rabbit hole
A transplanted Fairbanks friend wrote recently to marvel how there are so many tempting subjects to explore and how hard it ...
Hemmings on MSN2d
From Mercury To Minerva: Ten Great Vehicles With Links To The Ancient Gods
The recent IMSA racing debut of the Aston Martin Valkyrie was a reminder of the enduring appeal to vehicle makers of model names taken from ancient mythologies and religions. We’re not sure that it’s ...
National Catholic Reporter4dOpinion
Navigating the complexities of American Catholicism
As an immigrant temporary professed Trinitarian friar in Maryland, Marvin Santos reflects on how the tangled legacy of faith, ...
Rare life-sized statues of toga-clad couple found in Pompeii tomb
Life-sized statues of a man and a woman were discovered in a tomb in Pompeii, researchers said, thousands of years after a deadly volcano wiped out the ancient Roman city . Researchers say the nearly ...
The Art Newspaper5d
Newly conserved portrait of an Italian beauty who bewitched King Edward VII to go on show
It was bad luck for the owner of a portrait of a lovely young Roman model, when the future King Edward VII walked into the ...