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Pompeii archaeologists discover ancient small house with elaborate frescoes Trendy Blogger

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Pompeii archaeologists have unearthed a rare small house during excavations at the site of the ancient Italian city, officials said. The house was buried under the ash and debris that wiped out Pompeii during the eruption of Mount Vesuvius in AD 79, but the elaborate frescoes painted on its interior walls remained largely intact. The … Read more

Hoard of ancient silver coins discovered by metal detectors sells for $5.6 million Trendy Blogger

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Adam Staples knew he had found something when his metal detector beeped. And then another. And another. Soon, “it was just ‘beep beep, beep beep, beep beep,’” Staples said. In a farmer’s field in southwest England, Staples and six friends had discovered a treasure trove of more than 2,500 silver coins that had been lying … Read more