archaeology, italy, mount vesuvius, pompeii, unesco world heritage site
As of July 2021, a total of 1,154 World Heritage Sites exist across the world. Out of 167 countries, Italy has the most sites under the Unesco World Heritage Sites list, with 58 selected areas. One of those areas that is included, which has always been on my travel bucket list, is Pompeii. Modern Pompeii is ...
It is quite well known that the ancient Romans were used to living lavish lifestyles. They were great connoisseurs of art too. However, their love of animals as pets is lesser known. If historical artifacts found in the famous city of Pompeii are anything to go by, citizens of the Roman Empire were canine lovers ...
The Herculaneum Papyri is a group of carbonized texts that contains the works of Greek philosophers like Philodemus of Gadara. The texts were carbonized due to the eruption of Mount Vesuvius in Campania, Italy, in A.D. 79. Scientists now plan on using light beams far brighter than the sun to decipher the elusive contents of ...