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After Mount Vesuvius erupted, Romans returned to Pompeii and stayed for 400 years — but it was likely anarchy

New excavations in Pompeii's Insula Meridionalis quarter have confirmed long-held suspicions that people returned to the ancient Roman city after the volcanic eruption in A.D. 79.

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Pompeii’s second life: New evidence suggests the city was reoccupied after devastating eruption

New evidence strongly suggests that Pompeii was reoccupied after the devastating AD 79 eruption - a theory long speculated but now backed by archaeological proof.

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TV tonight: our highlights for Tuesday, July 29, including the final of Bake Off: The Professionals

Also on is Pompeii: Life in the City with Dan Snow

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Roman-era erotic mosaic panel stolen by Nazi captain during World War II returns to Pompeii

The mosaic - dating between mid- to last century B.C. and the first century - stolen by a Nazi German captain and is considered a work of “extraordinary cultural interest.”

Euronews

Stolen Roman mosaic with erotic motif returned to Pompeii after WWII

A Roman-era mosaic panel featuring an erotic motif was officially returned today to the Archaeological Park of Pompeii after more than 80 years in Germany.

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Erotic mosaic stolen by Nazi captain in second world war returned to Pompeii

Wehrmacht officer gave relic to German citizen whose family contacted Italian heritage officials after his death

The Guardian - UK

Erotic Roman mosaic stolen by Nazis during Second World War returns to Pompeii

The artwork was repatriated through diplomatic channels

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Roman Comic Paintings Reveal The Hilarious Side Of The Empire

Uncover the hilarious side of the Roman Empire! Colorful murals depict comic scenes with nearly 260 figures. See ancient Roman life in this Italian city!

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Structures partially collapse at Pompeii archaeological site after earthquake

The tremor originated near a super volcano not far from Naples

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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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Pink Floyd return to top of UK album charts with 1972 Pompeii concert recording

Prog rockers score seventh No 1 album with recording of Italian gig, extending their chart run following final studio album The Endless River in 2014

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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

Before bitterness engulfed them – this was Pink Floyd at their experimental zenith

PLAYBACK: The 1972 concert film ‘Live at Pompeii’ has been restored and remixed for cinemas and IMAX. Stevie Chick explores how it captured the band at their majestic peak of invention

The Independent UK

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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New Pompeii study uncovers one family’s terrifying final moments

Archaeologists discover bed wedged against door of a house - alongside remains of a child

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Helicopters seized as ‘dangerous’ tours over Pompeii halted

Pilots are accused of stowing tourist luggage on flight controls and dropping petals from aircraft

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“I’m imagining it was a very dry, kind of arid, close sound”: Steven Wilson on the challenges of mixing Pink Floyd At Pompeii – MCMLXXII, how the movie captures a band in transition, and why it is “pure Floyd”

Wilson was in conversation with former Pink Floyd drummer Nick Mason at a special BFI IMAX screening of Adrian Maben's recently restored and rereleased concert movie

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Pink Floyd at Pompeii MCMLXXII review – mesmerically peculiar portrait of band on cusp of greatness

Gilmour, Waters, Wright and Mason are space rock whippets in the burning Italian sun in this outrageously indulgent yet vivid and beguiling music documentary

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Pink Floyd Release One Of These Days clip from restored Pompeii MCMLXXII movie

Watch Pink Floyd’s performance of One Of These Days from their restored Pompeii concert film which arrives in cinemas on April 24

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Archaeologists make breakthrough as life-size sculptures discovered in Pompeii tomb

ANALYSIS: New discoveries are overturning the assumptions that used to be made about a woman’s place in society, writes Emily Hauser

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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 Mount Vesuvius in 79AD, don’t often think to look beyond the city walls. And it’s easy to understand why: there’s plenty on offer within this monumentally well-preserved town,…

The Guardian - UK

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 Independent UK

Scottish tourist who went missing in Italy for a week found in hospital ‘with broken bones’

Robert Cadger disappeared in Pompeii after travelling to Naples with his friends

The Conversation

The 30,000 year old vulture that reveals a completely new type of fossilisation

A surprising discovery in the feathers of a fossil vulture from central Italy has revealed that volcanic deposits can preserve delicate tissue structures in unprecedented detail, offering new insights into the fossilisation process.

The Independent UK

Urgent search for British football fan who vanished in Italy after visiting Pompeii

Robert Cadger was in Naples to watch a football game but the search to find him has been hampered by a strong earthquake

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