Posts Tagged ‘Pompeii’
A Mega-prison And A Mayan ‘Pompeii’: Five Things About El Salvador
The Central American nation of El Salvador goes to the polls Sunday in an election dominated by President Nayib Bukele’s war on gangs. Here are five things to know about the impoverished country of 6.3 million people. El Salvador and neighbouring Honduras and Guatemala form the “Northern Triangle”, the world’s most violent region outside of…
Read MoreArchaeologists Discover ‘Prison Bakery’ In Ancient Pompeii
Archaeologists excavating the ancient Roman city of Pompeii have uncovered a “prison bakery” where slaves and blindfolded donkeys were kept locked up underground to grind grain for bread, officials said this week. Underneath a house in the ruins they found “a cramped room with no view of the outside world and with small windows high…
Read MoreTwo New Skeletons Found At Pompeii Excavations
The recently found skeletons are likely of middle-aged males AFP Archaeologists at Pompeii said Tuesday that they had uncovered two new skeletons of male victims who likely died in an earthquake that accompanied the devastating volcanic eruption of Mount Vesuvius, which buried the Italian city in ash in AD 79. The pair, believed to be…
Read More