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Herculaneum · HerculaneumIn the ancient world, many people suffered a variety of gruesome deaths, such as being eaten alive by animals, hanged at the gallows, or getting dragged across the ground while tied to the back of a horse cart. While these are brutal ways to die, the most horrendously blood-curdling way has to be death by a volcano. When Mount Vesuvius spewed forth lava, ash, and toxic gases in A.D. 79, some victims of the volcano may have died after the extreme…See the Story
After Analyzing The Skulls Of Victims Who Perished Following The Eruption Of Mount Vesuvius In A.D. 79, Researchers Discovered The Heat Made Their Blood Boil And Caused Their Skulls To Explode
Middelharnis · MiddelharnisUsing optical imaging, thermal imaging and tomography, researchers have identified 1,000 words, or roughly 30 per cent of the text written by Philodemus.See the Story
AI Deciphers Ancient Scrolls, Helps Researchers Find Out Where Plato Is Buried
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Herculaneum · HerculaneumThe Greek philosopher Plato—Socrates’ student and Aristotle’s teacher—died nearly 2,400 years ago, having produced a voluminous amount of writing on political philosophy, aesthetics, ethics, and more (he came up with Atlantis!). This week, researchers announced that they found the burial place of the famous…Read more...See the Story
Plato's Burial Place and Details of His Last Night Revealed in Carbonized Scroll From Herculaneum
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