World’s deadliest volcano in Africa waiting to explode – Mangalorean.com


World's deadliest volcano in Africa waiting to explode
Mangalorean.com
London, March 31 (IANS) Mount Nyiragongo, one of the world's deadliest volcanos, is waiting to explode and turn Goma, a city of a million people in the Democratic Republic of Congo, into a modern day Pompeii, a Roman town completely destroyed by ...

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Newsmakers | Pawleys Island, Murrells Inlet – Myrtle Beach Sun News


Myrtle Beach Sun News

Newsmakers | Pawleys Island, Murrells Inlet
Myrtle Beach Sun News
In the pre-competitive age division, Roman Pompeii, 11, received third place for ensembles and placed in the "top 12" for this category. Twenty-six LDAA dance students competed in the Feb. 11-13 ENCORE Dance Competition for the Stars at Myrtle Beach ...

The Tate’s Mark Rothko exhibit: a room with a view of the subconscious – The Guardian (blog)


The Guardian (blog)

The Tate's Mark Rothko exhibit: a room with a view of the subconscious
The Guardian (blog)
He went to Pompeii and studied the ancient Roman murals there. Deep reds, abstract and empty, and illusory depictions of doors leading to spaces beyond, are characteristic of ancient Roman fresco painting. But perhaps the most tantalising potential ...

Archaeological research visualises urban life in Ancient Cities – Past Horizons Archaeology News


Past Horizons Archaeology News

Archaeological research visualises urban life in Ancient Cities
Past Horizons Archaeology News
Reconstructions of daily life in ancient Roman cities such as Pompeii are plentiful, thanks to centuries of archaeological research. But that is not the case for the later Roman or 'late antique' period (AD 300-650) that saw the long transition from ...

Boiling mud and Bavarian stomps on field trips – South Yorkshire Times (press release)


South Yorkshire Times (press release)

Boiling mud and Bavarian stomps on field trips
South Yorkshire Times (press release)
Then an afternoon was devoted to exploring Pompeii – the Roman town buried by ash in AD79. Marion Nugus, Faculty Leader of Humanities, said: “We visited the Solfatara fields with boiling mud pools and sulphurous vapours which came out of a crater ...

Grand Eighteenth-Century Tourists – Arts and Collections International


Arts and Collections International

Grand Eighteenth-Century Tourists
Arts and Collections International
Later in the century the archaeological excavations at Pompeii and Herculaneum put these on the tourist trail, as sites for the study of the ancient world, sources for yet more riches to be brought home, and templates for decoration and decorative art ...

VIDEO: Oakland County executive cautions against cutting unemployment benefits – Royal Oak Daily Tribune


VIDEO: Oakland County executive cautions against cutting unemployment benefits
Royal Oak Daily Tribune
"Detroit lost more people than Pompeii did in one fell swoop," he said. Pompeii was an ancient Roman city in Italy that was buried by the eruption of the volcano Mount Vesuvius in 79 AD. Patterson urged people moving to the suburbs from Detroit to be ...

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