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Fresco from Pompeii (Photo by Clara Natoli)100

Pompeii, Italy - The Lost City

In the fateful year of 79 AD, during the heyday of the Roman Empire, Pompeii (Italy) was a thriving city of about 20,000 inhabitants. By the end of August that same year, they were all gone, and the city was left for dead along with its inhabitants.

75 comments    travel history italy
The Temple of Olympian Zeus in Athens94

The Top Ten Must-See Locations in Greece

A travel guide to some of the best locations in Greece, from Olympia to Santorini, from Delphi to Athens. Includes basic travel info, as well as helpful links to language guides, travel insurance and exchange rates.

12 comments    education travel vacation
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The Augustus of Prima Porta

Augustus of Prima PortaDiscovered in 1863 in a villa purportedly belonging to Augustus's wife Livia at Prima Porta, the statue of the emperor Augustus is one of the most well-known, as well as enigmatic,...

1 comment    travel arts history
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Aliens Built the Statues on Easter Island!

  Nearly everyone with an interest in the ancient world has seen the Easter Island moai, those mysterious megalithic statues – hundreds of them, which resemble haughty, inscrutable men, gazing down upon...

2 comments    travel civilization archaeology
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Ten Most Amazing Places in the Middle East

Pamukkale, TurkeyPamukkale, or "Cotton Castle," is a natural phenomenon of wonder-like beauty. Hot-spring waters rich in calcium oxide have, over thousands of years, cascaded down the slopes of Caldag,...

28 comments    travel history israel
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Rosetta Stone

When I first encountered the term Rosetta stone, I thought it was a precious stone, like a diamond or something of the kind. Hoo boy, was I sooo wrooong... Rosetta stone is an artifact they discovered in...

18 comments    software history young
Black-figure Amphora by Exekias c.530 bce. 24" high.   Vatican Museum, Rome. Achilles and Ajax playing dice.77

Greek History: Lesson 2--The Formation of the Polis

In my previous hub Oikos and Basileus, we encountered the small communities of early Greece, which from a sociological perspective are categorized as "prestate" societies. The term "prestate" is used for...

7 comments    wealth land greece
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Espiritu Santos - Baja California's Mysterious Island

Spanish conquistadors spoke of the Sea of Cortez as a place with devil winds, sea monsters, a tribe of fierce Amazonian women warriors, currents that made ships sail backwards, and rocks that float. ...

1 comment    mexico cabo san lucas cabo
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The Big Bang AND Genesis; Evolution AND Genesis

Image courtesy of NASA. Ever since Charles Darwin returned from his island adventure on the good ship Beagle and penned his book on natural selection, fundamentalist of science and faith have been arguing...

6 comments    religion god science
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Top 10 Hot Jobs in Los Angeles

Los Angeles City and County have 100,000 or more open jobs at any moment and employment opportunities, including internships, exist in several industries. These are practical links on specific jobs and where to find them.

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