The stunning city of Petra in Jordan was built by the Nabataeans with staggering sums from the luxury trade. Now the discovery of a faraway submerged altar temple shows the extent of its reach.
Residue on bones from A.D. 79 suggests the eruption boiled people alive. But some experts aren’t convinced the deaths were due to heat alone.
About 80 such fast-food eateries have been found at Pompeii.But the latest find means this is the first time such a hot-food-drink eatery—known as a thermopolium—has been completely unearthed.Pompeii was destroyed by the volcanic eruption of Mount Vesuvius.Part of the fast-...
Part 1: The First Archaeologists Part 1 of the History of Archaeologycovers the earliest evidence that we have for excavation and preservation of ancient architecture: believe it or not, in the Late Bronze Age of New Kingdom Egypt, when the first archaeologists excavated and repaired the Old Ki...
was destroyed(destroy) by a volcaniceruption that buried many of its buildings.Archaeologists(考古学家)have been observing it for almost 300 years but now they have a new tool for (2) understanding(understand) how Pompeii might once have looked-virtual reality(VR). ...
Pompeii nowcontains the bodies of more than 100 people preserved as plaster casts. ... This isn't the first impressive find made at the villa: In 2018, archaeologists unearthed the preserved remains of three horses, still saddled and harnessed as if ready to depart at a moment's notice. ...
The common name "black widow spider" most often refers to any of the three North American spider species with the distinctive dark body and red hourglass pattern. The name is also occasionally used to describe other — or even all — members of theLatrodectus(widow spider) genus, including th...
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How did the chicken achieve such cultural and culinary dominance? It is all the more surprising in light of the belief by many archaeologists that chickens were first domesticated not for eating but for cockfighting. Until the advent of large-scale industrial production in the 20th century, the...
Pompeii victims died in 'extreme agony,' 2 newfound skeletons revealArchaeologists have found the skeletons of a man and a woman, along with their valuables, in a room in Pompeii.Livescience The Speed Camera Detector That's Got the Authorities WorriedAuto News| Sponsored Pompeii victims aren't...