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New Pompeii Discovery Shows Parents’ Tragic Attempt To Shield Child, Sparks Global Heartbreak

"Confronting the the fragility of our lives."

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2,000-year-old bed barricade unearthed in Pompeii house — likely a family's last attempt to escape Vesuvius' eruption

In a house in the ruins of Pompeii, archeologists have discovered evidence that a family of four attempted to barricade a door with a bed during Vesuvius's terrible eruption.

LiveScience

Books of the month: What to read this May from a superb debut novel to a five-star biography

THE LIST: Martin Chilton shares his May reading highlights

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Two near lifesize sculptures found during excavations of Pompeii tomb

The detailed relics were found in a necropolis and experts believe the woman depicted could have been an important priestess

The Guardian - UK

Rare fresco discovered in Pompeii shows type of woman who 'breaks free from male order to dance freely, go hunting and eat raw meat in the mountains'

Archaeologists have brought to light an enormous fresco depicting a secretive cult practice in Pompeii.

LiveScience

Pompeii excavation unearths private spa for wooing wealthy guests

Thermal bath complex is latest discovery among ruins of Italian city destroyed by Vesuvius eruption in AD79

The Guardian - UK

New Pompeii excavation reveals a large private thermal complex built 2,000 years ago

Pompeii, the ancient Roman city buried by ash and lava in 70 AD, has unearthed a new treasure: a private bathhouse built 2,000 years ago

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Archaeologists unearth remarkable preserved Pompeii bathhouse in ‘once-in-a-century’ discovery

Spectacular bathhouses used to entertain Pompeiian’s in private home

The Independent UK

Pompeii Rejects 'Mass Tourism' With Daily Visitor Limit

The world-famous Pompeii archaeological park introduced a daily limit of 20,000 visitors on Friday, the latest Italian tourist site to take action against overcrowding.

International Business Times

Plan to cap number of Pompeii visitors at 20,000 a day to stop overtourism

Italian site sees record numbers and managers are looking to better handle the flow of tourists

Evening Standard

‘Fragile’ Pompeii to cap daily tourist numbers at 20,000 to protect the site

Nearly four million people visited the main Pompeii site in 2023, a third more than the previous year

The Independent UK

Another Italian tourist site brings in strict restrictions

The changes start next week

The Independent UK

Madonna Funds Artistic Project For Youths In Pompeii

Madonna funds 'Sogno di Volare' project re-adapting Aristophanes' comedies for youths in Pompeii, providing opportunities and promoting arts and culture.

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Madonna will fund a youth art project to celebrate her 66th birthday

Madonna has celebrated her 66th birthday with a private evening tour of the famed Italian archaeological site at Pompeii

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Pompeii victims died in 'extreme agony,' 2 newfound skeletons reveal

Archaeologists have found the skeletons of a man and a woman, along with their valuables, in a room in Pompeii.

The Independent UK

Archaeologists discover ‘extremely violent’ drawings by children in Pompeii

The sketches are bleived to depict events the children had witnessed, rather than imagined

The Guardian - UK

Banquet room with preserved frescoes unearthed among Pompeii ruins

‘Black room’ with frescoes inspired by Trojan war described as one of most striking discoveries ever made at site in southern Italy

The Guardian - UK

Archaeologists find Pompeii fresco depicting Greek mythological siblings

Phrixus and Helle are depicted in vibrant colours with exquisite artistry in remarkable discovery

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The Independent UK

Pompeii's ancient art of textile dyeing is revived to show another side of life before eruption

A new project inside the Pompeii archaeological site is reviving ancient textile dyeing techniques to show another side of daily life before the city was destroyed by a volcano in 79 A.D. The inspiration comes from frescoes unearthed inside the archaeological site that show winged cupids gathering grapes for various…

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2,000-year-old 'not a pizza' fresco discovered in Pompeii

A 2,000-year-old Pompeian fresco offers a mouthwatering taste of the Roman diet.

Al Jazeera

Pompeii excavations reveal two new skeletons

To date, the remains of more than 1,000 people have been uncovered throughout the sprawling site.

ABC News

Bones of two more victims of the Mount Vesuvius volcano eruption found in Roman ruins of Pompeii

Two more skeletons are found in the ruins of Pompeii — the ancient Roman city wiped out by a Mount Vesuvius eruption nearly 2,000 years ago — the Italian Culture Ministry says.

The Independent UK

Newly restored house in Pompeii offers glimpse of elite life

The newly restored remains of an opulent ancient house in Pompeii offer visitors an exceptional peek at details of domestic life in the doomed Roman city

The Guardian - UK

‘Astonishing’ Pompeii home of men freed from slavery reopens to public

House of the Vettii features ornate and erotic friezes – and a fresco showing god Priapus with huge phallus

The Guardian - UK

Pompeii deploys flock of hungry sheep to keep grass short

Green lawn-mowing method part of plans for site which include reviving ancient vineyards

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