Frozen in time Nashua Telegraph We are shown examples of myriad Roman coins, a medical kit, gladiator attire and a scale for business exchanges. We are able to see funerary items and funerary statues. But perhaps the most powerful draw to “A Day in Pompeii” is the body casts. ... 'A Day in Pompeii' brings the myth & culture of an ancient city back to life |
Best of 2011: Visual Arts Wicked Local Visitors to the Museum of Science were able to relive one of history's best-known natural disasters, the destruction of Pompeii by the volcanic eruption of Mount Vesuvius. As much as any painting, novel or film, the juxtaposition of mundane and ... |
Sexy goddess bares all in Boston Gadling She was the patron goddess of Pompeii. Interestingly, Ramsay MacMullen in his Paganism in the Roman Empire points out that altars in private homes in Pompeii were more often dedicated to Foruna, Vesta, and Bacchus than Aphrodite. ... |
The winter solstice Wicked Local I even have a book of the medicinal plants found in the ruins of Pompeii. Evergreen laurel was for stomach problems, liver troubles, poultices and prophesy. (One source is the Roman historian Pliny.) Myrtle, which was Venus's symbol of love, ... |
 Telegraph.co.uk | Another Collapse at Pompeii Renews Fears About Its Fate New York Times (blog) By PATRICIA COHEN Mount Vesuvius preserved the city of Pompeii in ash nearly 2000 years ago, but current neglect of this Unesco World Heritage site in southern Italy is taking its toll. A courtyard column of a Roman house collapsed on Thursday, ... Pompeii continues to collapse |
 Imassera News | Concern Over Safety At Pompeii Imassera News The famed Italian ruins in Pompeii are in danger of collapse due to years of neglect. December 23, 2011- A column in the courtyard of a Roman house in Pompeii fell on Thursday. The collapse has renewed concerns over the wellbeing of the site. ... |
Collapse of Pompeii ruin brings closing UPI.com POMPEII, Italy, Dec. 23 (UPI) -- Italian authorities say they've closed part of the tourist site of Pompeii after a pillar collapsed in the garden of an ancient Roman home. Archaeologists were assessing the damage after one of the pillars in the garden ... |
Imassera News | Pompeii column collapse revives concerns over site Reuters By Philip Pullella | ROME (Reuters) - A courtyard column of a Roman house in Pompeii collapsed on Thursday, renewing concerns about the state of the site which was frozen in time when Mount Vesuvius erupted 2000 years ago, burying inhabitants alive and ... Another Collapse at Pompeii Renews Fears About Its Fate Collapse of Pompeii ruin brings closing Concern Over Safety At Pompeii |
Telegraph.co.uk | Pompeii column collapses, renewing concerns about state of site Telegraph.co.uk A courtyard column of a Roman house in Pompeii has collapsed, renewing concerns about the state of the 2000 year-old site. Last year the Italian government was accused of neglecting the Unesco World Heritage site near Naples in southern Italy when part ... Ancient Roman pillar collapses at Pompeii villa Pompeii column collapse revives concerns over site Pillar collapses in ancient garden in Pompeii |
Ancient Roman pillar collapses, Pompeii BigPond News A pillar has been found collapsed at an ancient Roman villa in Pompeii, as the government prepares a series of measures to preserve the unique but dilapidated archaeological area. Police were called in to carry out checks at the picturesque Loreius ... |