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First Vesuvius, Now This? An Australian Tourist Just Got Caught Going on a Moped Joyride Through Pompeii’s Vulnerable Ruins
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‘It’s Important to Leave Something for the People of Venice’: Why Artist Bosco Sodi Is Letting Locals Take His Biennale Art Home
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Archaeologists Built a VR Version of a Luxurious Pompeii Home to Track What Interior Design Choices Draw the Most Eyeballs—Literally
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Ancient Romans Used These Terracotta Vessels as Porta-Potties, Archaeologists Have Discovered
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Archaeologists in Switzerland Have Discovered What Could Be the Last Roman Gladiator Arena Ever Built
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Italy Has Halted Construction on a McDonald’s That Would Have Opened Next to Rome’s Third-Century Baths of Caracalla
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In a Landmark Restitution, the U.S. Returns 200 Looted Antiquities From Top Museums and Private Collections to Italy
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The Economy of Ancient Rome
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