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Fresh Digs Show a Return to Pompeii

Survivors vs. Mount Vesuvius: Fresh Digs Show a Return to Pompeii After 79 A.D.

The Archaeological Park of Pompeii announced on Wednesday, Aug. 6, that new excavations clarified the long-debated “return to Pompeii” theory and confirmed that survivors reoccupied the devastated city after the 79 CE eruption of Mount Vesuvius.

CBS News · 9h

New evidence at Pompeii shows survivors of Mount Vesuvius eruption returned to live in "precarious conditions"

Archaeologists believe survivors were joined by others looking for a place to settle and hoping to find valuable items left by Pompeii's earlier residents in the rubble.

Popular Science · 5h

After Mount Vesuvius, Pompeii’s ruins housed survivors, wanderers, and treasure hunters

The cataclysmic eruption of Mount Vesuvius obliterated Pompeii in 79 CE, but the Roman city didn’t remain a lifeless disaster zone for long. According to new research published in the E-Journal of the Excavations of Pompeii, a handful of survivors, destitute wanderers, and treasure hunters continued to call the ruins home for decades.

Pompeii, To Live

IFLScience on MSN · 12h

People Returned To Live In Post-Apocalyptic Pompeii – But Life Was Never The Same

Imagine returning to your home, the ancient Roman city of Pompeii, after it had been crushed and crozzled by a violent volcanic eruption. The streets are buried in ash, your house is flattened beneath a shower of boulders,

BBC on MSN · 1d

People returned to live in Pompeii's ruins, archaeologists say

New evidence suggests people returned to live among the ruins of Pompeii after the ancient Roman city was devastated by a volcanic eruption. Archaeologists believe some survivors who could not afford to start a new life elsewhere returned to the site and may have been joined by others looking for a place to settle.

Newser on MSN · 12h

In the Ruins of Pompeii, Its Survivors Carved Out a Home

Pompeii wasn't just buried in ash and forgotten for centuries until the 16th century. Archaeologists say new findings support the idea that people resettled among the ruins of the Roman city after Mount Vesuvius erupted in AD 79.

WGN-TV23d

Roman-era mosaic panel with erotic theme that was stolen ... - WGN-TV

POMPEII, Italy (AP) — A mosaic panel on travertine slabs, depicting an erotic theme from the Roman era, was returned to the archaeological park of Pompeii on Tuesday, after being stolen by a ...

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Why Are We Still Obsessed With Pompeii? - Hyperallergic

Book Review Why Are We Still Obsessed With Pompeii? In The Buried City, the director of the archaeological park brings a more humane and soulful version of the site to life. Sarah E. Bond May 26, ...

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