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Pompeii gladiator drawings suggest children saw ‘extreme form’ of violence | CNN
CNN.com· 3 hours agoChildren’s sketches of violent scenes of gladiators and hunters battling animals have been uncovered...
The Children of Pompeii Saw Gladiators Fight to the Death—and They Drew Graffiti About It
Smithsonian Magazine· 1 hour agoBefore Mount Vesuvius erupted in 79 C.E., encasing the ancient city of Pompeii in volcanic ash,...
Pompeii stick figure drawings show children watched gladiator fights ‘to the death’
Daily Telegraph· 24 hours agoIn another room, archaeologists came across a drawing of a boxing match, with one fighter apparently...
Ancient remains of 28 horses were found buried in France. How did they die?
CBS News via Yahoo News· 49 minutes agoThe horses were found "carefully" arranged and had all been "buried simultaneously," researchers...
Sir John Boardman, archaeologist and towering figure in the study of ancient Greek art – obituary
Daily Telegraph· 2 days agoAs Reader in Classical Archaeology from 1959 and then Lincoln Professor from 1978 to 1994, Boardman...
Graffiti Found At Pompeii Shows Roman Kids Had An Eye For Violence
IFLScience· 6 hours agoAncient graffiti of battling gladiators has been found among the ruins of the Roman city Pompeii....
Ramesses II's sarcophagus finally identified thanks to overlooked hieroglyphics
Live Science via Yahoo News· 21 hours agoA slab of granite etched with hieroglyphics. A sarcophagus fragment discovered beneath the floor of...
Archaeologists Unearth Lost Camps of Chile’s Elephant Hunters
SciTechDaily· 2 days agoTemporary campsites indicate repeated visits by early hunter-gatherers. Thousands of years ago,...
9 more dugout canoes found in Wisconsin's Lake Mendota; 1 may be 4,500 years old
Minneapolis-St. Paul Star Tribune· 5 days agoLake Mendota continues to reveal its secrets. Archaeologists with the Wisconsin Historical Society...
Ancient Egyptian attempts to treat cancer seen in nearly 5,000-year-old skull
Cosmos· 14 hours agoArchaeologists have unearthed evidence of ancient practices which might change our understanding of ancient Egyptian life. Two skulls, both thousands of years old, bear cut marks which could ...