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An Egyptian Artist Mesmerizes in Venice With an Opera and a Donkey
New York Times· 2 hours agoAt the Biennale, Wael Shawky represented his country with a lush retelling of a failed revolution...
Records of Pompeii’s Survivors Have Been Found – And Archaeologists Are Starting to Understand How...
GoodMenProject.com· 6 hours agoAccording to most modern accounts, the story pretty much ends there: Both cities were wiped out,...
Opinion: ‘The big one’ disaster could happen in our lifetime. Can we be ready? | CNN
CNN.com· 11 hours agoEditor’s Note: Jeff Schlegelmilch is a research scholar and the director of the National Center for...
Amid Its Volcanic Eruption, Pompeii Was Also Rocked by an Earthquake, Study Suggests
Smithsonian Magazine· 14 hours agoWhen disaster struck Pompeii in 79 C.E., people didn’t die from just the infamous volcanic eruption—some perished in an earthquake at the same time. A study published Wednesday ...
The Real History Behind 'Those About To Die', Explained
Esquire· 20 hours agoWhich is why, exactly 2,777 years since the founding of Rome, our own streaming gods made this the...
Moon fests, moon movie and even a full moon mark 55th anniversary of Apollo 11 landing
Courthouse News Service· 1 day agoThe cosmos is providing a full moon for the 55th anniversary of the first lunar landing this...
1918 virus used to develop promising universal flu vaccine
Courthouse News Service· 1 day agoAccording to a study published Friday in Nature Communications, flu viruses are constantly evolving...
Earthquakes made eruption at Pompeii even more deadly
Cosmos· 2 days agoThe excavation of 2 skeletons with severe fracture and trauma injuries has provided new insights...
Remains of ancient Papal palace believed to have been found in Rome | CNN
CNN.com· 2 days agoThe remains of what appears to be a medieval palace where popes lived before they made the Vatican...
The Eruption of Mt. Vesuvius Wasn’t Pompeii’s Only Killer
New York Times· 2 days agoWhile the volcano’s eruption was deadly, research shows that many people in the ancient Roman city...