Pompeii
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Tourist caught carving initials into ancient Pompeii house, faces huge fineThe British tourist was spotted using a blunt object to make five carvings on a wall of the nearly 2,000-year-old House of the Vestals in Pompeii.TrendingAug 12, 2024
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U.S. tourist, 23, falls into Mount Vesuvius after taking selfie — and lives to tell the taleBaltimore resident Philip Carroll and three of his family members were trespassing on a restricted trail when he fell into the crater of Mount Vesuvius.TrendingJul 12, 2022
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Canadian ‘cursed’ by stolen Pompeii relics returns them with a ‘sorry’A Canadian woman says she's had nothing but bad luck, including cancer and financial woes, since taking artifacts from Pompeii in 2005.TrendingOct 14, 2020
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Mount Vesuvius volcanic eruption turned a victim’s brain into glassThe victim died in the cataclysmic eruption of Mount Vesuvius, which buried Pompeii and Herculaneum in 79 A.D. in Italy.TrendingJan 23, 2020
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Russian volcano could cause Pompeii-scale destruction, scientist warnsSeismic activity has been recorded underneath a volcano in far east Russia after decades of no activity.EnvironmentJun 7, 2019
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Remains of a horse still wearing a harness found in ancient Pompeii stableArchaeologists have unearthed the petrified remains of a harnessed horse and saddle in the stable of an ancient villa in a Pompeii suburb.WorldDec 24, 2018
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Racy ‘Leda and the Swan’ fresco found in PompeiiArcheologists have unearthed a fresco in Pompeii depicting the Spartan Queen Leda in an intimate moment with the god Jupiter, disguised as a swan.WorldNov 20, 2018
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‘Nothing survives’: The danger of Guatemala volcano’s pyroclastic flowsThe death toll from a volcanic eruption in Guatemala continues to rise as family members desperately search for missing loved ones who could be buried in a thick blanket of ash.EnvironmentJun 5, 2018
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Massive stone crushed Pompeii man trying to flee volcano, archaeologists sayThe man was trying to flee the eruption in Pompeii nearly 2,000 years ago, but was crushed by a large block of stone, officials said.ScienceMay 30, 2018
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‘Little Pompeii’ discovered near Lyon in FranceAn ancient Roman neighbourhood was discovered on a site awaiting construction in Sainte-Colombe, near the southeastern city of Lyon in France.EnvironmentAug 4, 2017
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