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24 Aug 2019 5:42 a.m. PST
by Editor in Chief Bill
- Changed title from "The New Treasures of Pompei" to "The New Treasures of Pompeii"
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| Tango01 | 23 Aug 2019 10:23 p.m. PST |
"If you stand inside the ruins of Pompeii and listen very, very hard, you can almost hear the creaking of cart wheels, the tumult of the marketplace, the echoes of Roman voices. Few modern visitors would care to conjure the ghost city's most striking feature, its appalling stench—togas were brightened by bleaching with sulfur fumes, animal and human waste flowed down streets whenever it rained heavily—but on this pleasantly piney day in early spring, Pompeii has that peculiar stillness of a place where calamity has come and gone. There's a whiff of mimosa and orange blossom in the salt air until, suddenly, the wind swoops down the "Vicolo dei Balconi," Alley of the Balconies, kicking up the ancient dust along with it…"
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| bsrlee | 24 Aug 2019 2:06 a.m. PST |
Seems the Smithsonian has discovered evidence of time travel – they claim that the skeleton of a Thoroughbred horse have been discovered – pretty good since the breed did not exist before the 17th Century AD. Or maybe their writer & editor are having an off day. |
| Tango01 | 24 Aug 2019 11:39 a.m. PST |
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