When a volcanic eruption buried the ancient city of Pompeii, the last desperate moments of its citizens were preserved in stone for centuries.Observers see stories in the plaster casts later made of their bodies, like a mother holding a child and two... pompeii DNA archaeology We're Wrong Ab...
There were several surprises in "the house of the golden bracelet," the dwelling where the assumed mother and child were found. The adult wore an intricate piece of jewelry, for which the house was named, reinforcing the impression that the victim was a woman. Nearby were the bodies of ano...
现代大学英语第二册精读unit 10 Pompeii 1.NearbywastheBayofNaples,anarmoftheblueMediterranean.anarmofsth:alongandnarrowareaoflandorwaterthatisjoinedtoabroaderarea2.4,000-footMountVesuvius:一个五年计划；三头怪兽；半年的合同 1.aterriblerainoff...
现代大学英语第二册精读unit10Pompeii分析解析 1.NearbywastheBayofNaples,anarmoftheblueMediterranean.anarmofsth:alongandnarrowareaoflandorwaterthatisjoinedtoabroaderarea2.4,000-footMountVesuvius:一个五年计划；三头怪兽；半年的合同 1.aterrible...
Before he died, Julius Caesar had designated his great nephew, Gaius Octavius (who would be named Augustus by the Roman Senate after becoming emperor) as his adopted son and heir. Octavius' mother, Atia, was the daughter of Caesar's sister, Julia Caesaris. These stories all belong to the...
“The scientific data we provide do not always align with common assumptions,” says David Reich of Harvard University. “For instance, one notable example is the discovery that an adult wearing a golden bracelet and holding a child, traditionally interpreted as a mother and child...
Today your mother will insist that you MUST eat a GOOD breakfast or you'll collapse from hunger, but the Romans preferred to go easy. Usually this was nothing more than a piece of bread, maybe dipped in wine (drinking wine in the morning was OK - it was diluted with water). It was...
He had left Caius in the charge of his nurse, for the boy’s mother was dead. But now every slave had turned coward and had run away and left the little master to die. Ariston pulled the couch into one of the rooms. Here the roof kept off the hail of stones. “Your father is ...
24th August AD 79 Pompeii In less than twenty four hours the city of Pompeii and at least 5,000 of its people was wiped from the face of the earth. Their killer was the volcano Mountain Vesuvius. But how it destroyed them and why so many died, was for a long time a mystery. Today...
She was worshipped as the ideal mother and wife as well as the patron of nature and magic. She was the friend of slaves, sinners, artisans(工匠), and the downtrodden(被践踏), and she listened to the prayers of the wealthy, maidens, aristocrats, and rulers. Isis is also known as ...