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Pompeii's Hidden Secrets: Love, Art, and Life in Ancient Walls

January 19, 2026

Pompeii, the city frozen in time by Mount Vesuvius' eruption in AD 79, keeps surprising us. Recently, advanced imaging tech has uncovered nearly 80 new inscriptions on a wall in Pompeii. These aren't just random scribbles. They're love notes, sketches, and even insults from everyday people. The wal

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Unraveling the Mystery: Who Was the Beachy Head Woman?

December 18, 2025

The Beachy Head Woman, a Roman-era individual, has been a puzzle for years. Initially, experts thought she might have come from sub-Saharan Africa or the Mediterranean. But new DNA research tells a different story. Scientists at the Natural History Museum in London used advanced DNA techniques to st