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Mount Vesuvius

Fragments of Frescoes Stolen from Pompeii’s Ruins Have Been Returned

Last year, a tourist also mailed back Pompeii fragments she stole 15 years ago, claiming they'd cursed her.
By Helen Holmes

Visitors to the Pompeii Museum Can Expect Casts of Victims and Ancient Graffiti

The Antiquarium museum, which was first established in 1873, has recently been revived.
By Helen Holmes
Drawings at Chauvet-Pont d’Arc. (Photo: Patrick Aventurier/Getty Images)

Before Vesuvius, Prehistoric Man May Have Drawn the First Volcano in a French Cave

A series of mysterious, previously unidentified, “spray shaped designs” in France may have been identified by scientists as the earliest known imagery of volcanic activity.
By Vida Weisblum

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