Tag: Pompeii (Italy)

Life for the Lowest Class in Ancient Pompeii? It Was Awful.

Archaeologists excavating parts of the ancient city of Pompeii made public new discoveries on Friday that provide a grim glimpse into the bleak existence of enslaved people two millenniums ago, including the existence of a “bakery-prison.” The newly excavated area consists of a cramped space where donkeys and enslaved people lived, slept and worked together, […]

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Scrolls That Survived Vesuvius Divulge Their First Word

From deep within a papyrus scroll that has not been read in almost 2,000 years and would crumble to pieces if unrolled, researchers have retrieved a handful of letters and a single word: “porphyras,” ancient Greek for “purple.” Experts who announced the findings on Thursday hope that the techniques used will enable them to electronically […]

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