pompeii
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Pompeii Resident Had His Head Crushed By A Giant Stone While Fleeing Eruption
The first major discovery at a new excavation site in Pompeii is turning out to be something right out of a disaster movie.
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We Might Finally Be Able To Read Ancient Scrolls Damaged By Vesuvius Eruption
Image: Wiki Commons Pompeii has the best press, but the eruption of Mount Vesuvius in 79 AD also buried the town of Herculaneum. Charred scrolls were recovered from the town library in 1752, and Italian scientists just discovered it might be possible to use X-ray technology to read them. Their findings were published recently in…