Category: Mount Vesuvius

Ancient mosaic returns to Pompeii: Cultural treasure repatriated after Nazi theft

Jul 26, 2025

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As reported by Giada Zampano & Andrea Rosa in The Independent online on Tuesday 15 July 2025 An erotic-themed mosaic from the Roman era was returned to Pompeii on Tuesday after being stolen by a Nazi during the Second World War. The mosaic panel, on travertine slabs, depicting an erotic theme from the Roman era, was returned to the archaeological park of…
Pliny the Elder: Eyewitness to the fury of Vesuvius

Jun 21, 2025

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in Everything Latin, Herculaneum, Mount Vesuvius, Pliny the Elder, Pliny the Younger, Pompeii, Roman Empire, Tacitus

A Plinian eruption is the name given to any volcanic eruption of the ferocity of the one which destroyed the ancient Roman cities of Herculaneum and Pompeii in 79AD, and which subsequently cost Pliny his life. He, his sister and nephew (Pliny the Younger) were living in a villa in Misenum, across the Bay of Naples from Mount Vesuvius at…