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2 statues discovered in Pompeii during tomb excavation 00:25. ... The pumice stone indicated that this part of the tomb had been buried in earthquakes shortly before the eruption of Mt. Vesuvius.
Archaeologists in Pompeii have uncovered two immaculately preserved statues which depict a man and a woman of high social status who lived in the community.
Two very rare, almost-life-sized statues have been discovered during the excavation of a massive tomb in Pompeii.. Archaeologists say the marble funerary statues of a toga-clad man and a woman ...
Archaeologists in Pompeii have uncovered two immaculately preserved statues which depict a man and a woman of high social status who lived in the community.
The Roman government also seems to have stepped in to provide support for Pompeii’s survivors. Titus, emperor from A.D. 79 to 81, sprang into action after news of Vesuvius’s eruption reached Rome.
The statue is one of two recently uncovered in the ancient city. Price Database. ... The necropolis was not used after Pompeii was destroyed by the eruption of Mount Vesuvius in 79 C.E.
The mosaic shows a pair of lovers who are partially undressed. The tile may have been in a bedroom floor, Pompeii officials said.
Found in Pompeii C. 1978 in the house of Julius Polybius, this bronze statue represents Apollo, ... “Pompeii: Stories from an Eruption,” at Chicago’s Field Museum through March 26.
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 ...
Two very rare, almost-life-sized statues have been discovered during the excavation of a massive tomb in Pompeii.. Archaeologists say the marble funerary statues of a toga-clad man and a woman ...
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 ...