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Rome is a city steeped in history, culture, and architectural beauty. But if you want to take a day trip from Rome to explore even more of Italy’s rich history, you should consider visiting Pompeii. This ancient city is located about 150 miles from Rome and is one of Italy’s most popular tourist destinations.  Pompeii was famously destroyed by the...

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Cataclysm overtook the Roman city of Pompeii with the eruption of Mt Vesuvius in AD 79. This was the period of the Pax Romana when the Roman Empire was at its height, and the empire and Italian peninsula were largely secure. During this time, the city of Rome barely had any defensive walls (the impressive Aurelian walls were yet to be built). It wa...

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It is believed that the cohabitation of cat and man began when the first men made the change from being hunter-gatherers to being farmers and began to accumulate large quantities of food. Cats were then employed in barns as rat hunters. There is certain evidence of peaceful cohabitation between cats and men in Egypt (where they were worshipped) and...

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It was shortly after midday when the baker stepped out of the front door of his shop onto a small side street. He needed fresh air and a moment to himself. It had been a busy night of milling and bread-making. His last batch of loaves were now in the bakery's oven, and the milling horses were in a nearby stable – still and resting – after hours of...

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Juniors and seniors from West Orange High School's Italian classes, Italian Club, and Honor Society had the opportunity of a lifetime when they traveled to Italy from April 6 to 15. Italian teachers Rosanna Zamloot (WOHS), Carlo Felici (LMS), and Anna Maria Grammatica (RMS) chaperoned the trip, which was organized by Zamloot. "It was a journey fill...

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Naples is a fascinating city in itself, but it’s also an excellent starting point to visit some of Italy’s most ancient historical sites and archeological treasures. While most use Rome or Florence as a base camp for day trips, these amazing day trips from Naples prove that no traveler to Italy should skip over la bella Napoli – or the towns around...

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The volcanic eruption that hit Pompeii in 79 CE destroyed the bustling Roman city and covered it in ash. This ash ultimately preserved the city, which remained untouched until the 19th century, thus giving us the unique opportunity to see what an ancient Roman city looked like. But aside from preserving buildings, the ash also preserved the bodies...

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Italy plans to open a high-speed rail connection between Rome and the ancient city of Pompeii, in a bid to ramp up tourism to the archaeological site and other locations along one of Italy's most beautiful stretches of coast. The €35m development foresees the creation of a new train station and transport hub adjacent to the Pompeii archaeological s...

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A flock of grazing sheep is helping archaeologists to preserve the ancient ruins of Pompeii, the Roman city that was buried under metres of pumice and ash in the calamitous eruption of Mount Vesuvius in AD 79. Archaeologists have uncovered only around two thirds of the 66-hectare (163 acres) site at Pompeii since excavations began 250 years ago. Pr...

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The eruption of Mount Vesuvius in AD79 laid waste to Pompeii and nearby Herculaneum where the intense blast of hot gas carbonised hundreds of ancient scrolls in the library of an enormous luxury villa. Now, researchers are launching a global contest to read the charred papyri after demonstrating that an artificial intelligence programme can extract...

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