pompeii in English

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an ancient city in western Italy, southeast of Naples. The city was buried by an eruption of Mount Vesuvius in ad 79; excavations of the site began in 1748 and revealed well-preserved remains of buildings, mosaics, furniture, and the personal possessions of the city's inhabitants.

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1. Archeologists find intact ceremonial chariot near Pompeii

2. Interpreter: This is the ancient city of Pompeii.

3. Archaistic Artemis from Pompeii Collection: Cornell Cast Collection Creator: Unknown Date: ca

4. The Amphitheatre of Pompeii is the oldest surviving Roman Amphitheatre

5. Prove yourselves against Pompeii, and honour the house of Batiatus!

6. An estimated US$335 million is needed for all necessary work on Pompeii.

7. Dual-action suction pumps were found in the city of Pompeii.

8. 5 Pompeii remains the most complete urban excavation ever undertaken.

9. It is believed that almost all buildings in the city of Pompeii were affected.

10. Known as the Antiquarium, the museum gives Pompeii a permanent exhibition space.

11. Archaeologists uncover ancient ceremonial carriage near Pompeii Massimo Osanna, the outgoing director of the Pompeii Archaeological site, said the carriage was the first of its kind discovered in

12. If the large living-dining area was post-Pompeii, the bathroom was late Dark Ages.

13. (b) What warning did many inhabitants of Pompeii and Herculaneum ignore, and with what result?

14. Archaeologists from the Archaeological Park of Pompeii, and the Public Prosecutor’s Office of Torre Annunziata have announced the discovery of an intact Roman Ceremonial Chariot excavated near the Roman city of Pompeii.

15. One of the best-preserved and possibly the oldest extant Amphitheaters is found at Pompeii.

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17. Pedestrian crossings already existed more than 2000 years ago, as can be seen in the ruins of Pompeii.

18. In the year A.D. 79 the great city of Pompeii was destroyed when Mount Vesuvius erupted.

19. WHEN Victorian archaeologists began systematically excavating the ancient ruins of Pompeii, they were shocked at what they uncovered.

20. 1 day ago · Buried by Vesuvius, this ancient villa is an overlooked alternative to Pompeii

21. A mosaic in the House of the Faun in Pompeii shows a fight between a lion and a tiger.

22. 22 It is therefore entirely appropriate that today Pompeii still represents the cutting edge of archaeological research and development.

23. Last week, archeologists discovered a large four-wheel Ceremonial chariot at a villa near Pompeii, an ancient city in southern Italy.

24. Brothels in Pompeii were decorated with murals depicting erotic and exotic scenes: but the reality was far more brutal and mundane

25. Pompeii Archaeological Park sites closed from Monday 22 February until further notice It is possible to buy the ticket online, through the TicketOne circuit (Official seller)

26. The museum of Pompeii, called the Antiquarium—home to artifacts from the most famous casualty of a volcanic eruption in history—is now …

27. The Antiquarium of Pompeii was built by Giuseppe Fiorelli between 1873 and 1874 in the area below the terrace of the Temple of Venus, overlooking Porta Marina

28. Southern Italy has many major tourist attractions, such as the Palace of Caserta, the Amalfi Coast, Pompeii and other archaeological sites (many of which are protected by UNESCO).

29. Through the study of archaeological evidence from Pompeii we can learn that Benefactions were not optional, but required of a duumvir, during time in office

30. Their theaters were capable of holding audiences of over a thousand, and in Pompeii there was a large amphitheater that could seat almost the entire town.

31. Archaeologists have unearthed a unique ancient-Roman Ceremonial carriage from a villa just outside Pompeii, the city buried in a volcanic eruption in 79 AD.

32. The Chariot, with its iron elements, bronze decorations and mineralized wooden remains, was found in the ruins of a settlement north of Pompeii, beyond the walls of …

33. However, an ellipse is relatively easy to set out: Pompeii and most of the military Amphitheatres are ellipses, but el Djem and the Colosseum are ovals.

34. The Chariot, with its iron elements, bronze decorations and mineralized wooden remains, was found in the ruins of a settlement north of Pompeii, beyond the walls of …

35. "Pompeii" is a song by British band Bastille.It is the fourth single from their debut studio album Bad Blood and was released on 11 January 2013

36. Officials at the Pompeii archaeological site in Italy announced Saturday the discovery of an intact Ceremonial chariot, one of several important discoveries made in the same area outside the park

37. Excavators found the bronze and tin Chariot almost fully intact, with wooden remains and the imprint of ropes, according to an announcement on Saturday from the Archaeological Park of Pompeii

38. “Pompeii” was the fourth song to be released from Bastille’s debut album Bad Blood.It has reached number 2 on the UK Singles Chart, topped the Scottish charts, and reached the number 5 on

39. A well-preserved Adytum that has come to our knowledge is in the little temple in Pompeii; it is raised some steps above the level of the temple itself, and is without light

40. Archaeologists in Pompeii, the city buried in a volcanic eruption in 79 AD, have made the extraordinary find of a frescoed hot food and drinks shop that served up the ancient equivalent of street

41. Punch by Mark Lemon, Henry Mayhew, Tom Taylor, Shirley Brooks, Francis Cowley Burnand, Owen Seaman (1888) "Fancy Philistia civilised through the kitchen and the pantry Pompeii left a Blesseder bequest than—we '11 say CHANTREY.

42. 21 The catastrophe at Pompeii and Herculaneum and the events surrounding the destruction of Jerusalem, as well as the examples of the Flood of Noah’s day and of Lot, all illustrate the importance of taking warnings seriously.

43. After the solemn Eucharistic celebration and the traditional prayer to Our Lady of Pompeii, let us turn our gaze once again to Mary with the recitation of the Angelus, as we do every Sunday, and entrust to her the important intentions of the Church and of humanity.

44. Pompeii reopens Antiquarium with jewels, gold and casts, From 25/1, 'finally a true museum, and a unique one', Renovated and transformed into a true museum of the city telling its history, from the Samnite period to its destruction in 79 AD

45. Following the discovery of the Roman ruins of Pompeii and also the publication in 1764 of a highly influential history of ancient art by German scholar Winckelmann, there was an intense flourishing of Classicism in art, architecture and design in the eighteenth century.

46. ‘In so Bountifully expressing his humanity through those inhuman few months, he made more of a mark on history than any of us will.’ ‘These paintings are most Bountifully evident in villas at Pompeii and Herculaneum, although some prime examples have been found in and near Rome.’

47. Those words, uttered by 27-year-old California housewife Penny Torres, are said to be spoken actually by Mafu, “a highly evolved ‘entity from the seventh dimension’ last incarnated as a leper in 1st Century Pompeii,” for whom Torres serves as a “channel,” reports the Los Angeles Times.

48. ‘Pompeii was a sexual hothouse, but the Bordellos (which numbered about 25 when Vesuvius erupted) were the least sensual thing about the place.’ ‘There were times when I walked through the streets dressed as a boy, lining up with the men in front of Arabian Bordellos …

49. Ob Auctionem Umbricae Ianuariae This wax tablet from Pompeii is one of the receipts of payment from the archive of Caecilius Iucundus, and it offers a good example of common writing (equivalent to the French “écriture commune”) as opposed to the monumental for the cursive (in this example it is defined as old cursive or capital)

50. Grandemont was among them, the Busiest there.; The Busiest life may be full of piety.; The first day at sea is always the Busiest one.; On the sidewalk the holy-eve fair is in its Busiest hour.; Gilroy was one of the Busiest women in London.; This used to be the Busiest place in all Pompeii.; The forty-fourth day of the fast was the Busiest of all with her.; From 11 to 12 a.m