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I WONDER - What Was The Most Famous Volcanic Eruption In History?
This video is answering the question of what was the most famous volcanic eruption in history.
Weird History
What Happened to All the Roman Conspirators After Julius Caesar's Death?
The Death of Julius Caesar...What does the saying "Beware the Ides of March!" mean? It refers to the day - March 15, 44 BCE - on which Gaius Julius Caesar, a one-time dictator of ancient Rome, was murdered. His grisly assassination was...
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Italy, Pompeii - Villa of the Mysteries
The Villa of the Mysteries is a well-preserved suburban Roman villa, famous for the series of frescos in one room, which are usually thought to show the initiation of a young woman into a Greco-Roman mystery cult. These are now probably...
Weird History
Pompeii Facts That Will Blow Your Mind
Mount Vesuvius was responsible for the destruction of the city of Pompeii in 79 AD. Nearly everyone has heard one story or another about arguably the most well-known volcanic eruption in history, but how many of you know what really...
Sherman Grinberg Film Library
Workmen digging in Resina, Italy, excavate ruins of ancient Roman city of Herculaneum
Title card: "Dig up Roman city buried under another town for 2,000 years - Workmen at Resina, Italy, excavate ruins of Herculaneum, engulfed by same eruption of Mount Vesuvius which destroyed Pompeii" / pan across ruins in large...
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Pompeii, Bakery of Popidius Priscus in the ancient city.
Pompeii, Bakery of Popidius Priscus in the ancient city.
Sherman Grinberg Film Library
Trotsky visits Pompeii
Title card: "Exile Trotsky visits Europe - Bolshevik leader, ousted by fellow Reds, just a tourist now" / file shot Red Army military gathering in city // VS Trotsky and wife Natalia Sedova take in the sights at Pompeii; Trotsky with...
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Calls for ancient artifacts to be put on public display
ITALY HERCULANEUM SOURCE: ASSOCIATED PRESSRESTRICTIONS: AP CLIENTS ONLYLENGTH: 6:41 SHOTLIST:ASSOCIATED PRESS - AP CLIENTS ONLYHerculaneum - 18 April 20171. Pan left wide of Herculaneum archaeological site2. Visitors at Herculaneum...
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Calls for ancient artifacts to be put on public display
ITALY HERCULANEUM SOURCE: ASSOCIATED PRESSRESTRICTIONS: AP CLIENTS ONLYLENGTH: 6:41 SHOTLIST:ASSOCIATED PRESS - AP CLIENTS ONLYHerculaneum - 18 April 20171. Pan left wide of Herculaneum archaeological site2. Visitors at Herculaneum...
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New museum opens at historic site
LEAD IN:Pompeii's Antiquarium Museum has reopened to the public 36 years after an earthquake forced it to close. The new exhibition includes an audio-visual recreation of what the ancient Roman city was like before and during the...
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David Gilmour tour like a homecoming in Hollywood; talks Pompeii concert
SHOTLIST (including transcript):-AP EntertainmentLos Angeles, 22 March 20161. Medium David Gilmour poses for photographer by piano2. Wide Gilmour poses by piano 3. SOUNDBITE (English) David Gilmour, recording artist: "You know, after a...