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The doctor who desperately tried to save Pompeii's victims
1+ hour, 22+ min ago (1472+ words) Archaeologists have uncovered a chilling detail from one Pompeii victim " revealing his attempts to save others caught in the blast." The man was carrying a medical kit with him as he fled Vesuvius' deadly eruption, a new study has revealed....
Pompeii victim found holding onto "medical kit" was a physician, scientists say
5+ hour, 38+ min ago (468+ words) The world's most free-thinking newspaper A victim of the Mount Vesuvius volcanic eruption, whose remains long puzzled archaeologists, may have been a doctor at the ancient city of Pompeii, a new study reveals. The ancient Roman city, destroyed and buried…...
Buried for 3, 000 years: Egypt's Lost Golden City of Luxor reveals an ancient world frozen in time
5+ hour, 51+ min ago (26+ words) Rest of World News: For decades, archaeologists searching Egypt's deserts mainly uncovered tombs, temples, and royal burial chambers. The stories of kings and queens surv....
Is it temple robbery? That depends on who is doing the taking
1+ day, 6+ hour ago (1251+ words) Top image: "The Triumph of Aemilius Paulus" by Carle Vernet, 1789 New book from CU Boulder scholar Isabel K'ster examines temple robbery and the ancient Roman politics of moral blame Ancient Romans often plundered temples in their wars of conquest'sometimes openly…...
570-Year-Old Toyama Temple Destroyed in Overnight Blaze
7+ hour, 39+ min ago (689+ words) Toyama, May 19 (News On Japan) - Flames tore through a temple in Takaoka, Toyama Prefecture, on May 16th, destroying the main hall of Daioji Temple, which has a history dating back around 570 years, while nearby gravestones glowed red in the intense blaze....
Lavish gold-filled tomb in Panama reveals the hidden world of pre-Columbian elites
3+ hour, 10+ min ago (394+ words) A newly highlighted discovery in Panama is giving archaeologists " and the public " a striking new look at the sophistication of pre-Columbian life. According to AS USA, researchers at the El Ca'o archaeological site uncovered Tomb 3, a richly furnished burial dating…...
Doctor's kit found on Mount Vesuvius victim in Pompeii
13+ hour, 30+ min ago (590+ words) A man who died in Pompeii during the eruption of Mount Vesuvius in A. D. 79 was carrying a medical kit with him, new scans reveal. A man who died in Pompeii during the eruption of Mount Vesuvius in A. D. 79 had a medical kit…...
While tourists gather daily to see the tomb of Tutankhamun, archaeologists consider the burial chamber of Pharaoh Ramesses VI, excavated 45 meters below the surface of the Valley of the Kings in Luxor, as the most richly decorated in all of Ancient Egypt, with 100 meters of corridors covered by six complete funerary books painted in gold and Egyptian blue on limestone walls carved more than 3, 150 years ago.
14+ hour, 12+ min ago (963+ words) The site combines architectural scale, religious complexity, and pictorial density in a way that researchers compare to a complete underground library of Egyptian thought on the afterlife. Each of the descending corridors functions as an illuminated chapter in natural ink…...
How Bhopal Begum funded Northern Europe's first mosque
15+ hour, 28+ min ago (26+ words) Bhopal's Nawab Shah Jahan Begum funded the 1889 Woking Shah Jahan Mosque, Northern Europe's first purpose-built mosque, later saved by a court battle....
Pompeii victim ID'd as a likely doctor
16+ hour, 34+ min ago (573+ words) Ars Technica Archaeologists used a combination of advanced CT scans and 3 D digital reconstruction to identify one of the Pompeii victims who died in 79 CE during the eruption of Mount Vesuvius as most likely having been a Roman doctor, according…...