Vesuvius eruption baked some people to death—and turned one brain to glass

Along with collapsing buildings, flying debris, and stampedes of fleeing residents, various studies have blamed the ...
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Lost cities of the world: What happened to these once-great civilizations?

Something haunting happens when you stand in the ruins of a place once teeming with life. The silence speaks louder than the ...
Archaeology

Legend of the Crystal Brain

When most people envision the victims of the eruption of Mount Vesuvius in a.d. 79 that destroyed the cities of Pompeii and Herculaneum, they think of the casts of their bodies made by pouring plaster ...

Enormous well-preserved Roman villa found hiding under ‘UK’s Pompeii’ less than a metre below the surface

STUNNED archaeologists have uncovered a secret Roman villa that’s been dubbed “Port Talbot’s Pompeii”. The remarkable find is ...
ABC News

Remains of American Israeli hostage among 3 bodies returned by Hamas, IDF says

Israeli forces said they resumed the Gaza ceasefire after strikes on Tuesday. U.S. President Donald Trump pressed Hamas to act faster in returning the bodies of deceased hostages amid a delicate ...
The New Yorker

The Mental Pratfalls of Anne Gridley, in “Watch Me Walk”

Also: Jodie Foster’s new movie, New York City Ballet’s winter season, music inspired by the poetry of the Black Arts Movement ...