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Will continue to offer a portal to another era, helping us to feel part of history, to understand what humanity has achieved in the past, and possibly showing us what were still capable of today. speaking of which, lets hop from greece to italy, to another ancient treasure, wherejen copestake has been sifting through the rubble. the lost city of pompeii was destroyed by an eruption of mount vesuvius in the first century. while a lot of the site was remarkably preserved, many details of life here...

Here were lost, including some of the colourful frescoes of the buildings. above the main site is the cacina rustica, a storage place for thousands of fragments of two frescoes destroyed in the initial eruption and damaged further by bombing in world war ii. how many pieces do you think are here? i think here weve get 10,000 pieces of fragments at the moment. this is only a little part because in other storerooms we have more and more in a box that never studied before. the fragments come in all...

And a wooden chest containing metal and fabric objects thought to be part of a horses harness. casts were created of the perishable items using impressions they had left in the hardened ash. the ruins of pompeii remain a rich source for archaeologists. a city frozen in time, it is also one of italys most visited tourist attractions. nina nanji, bbc news. for weeks now weve been telling you about the ongoing situation in la palma — as a volcano on the island continues to spew out smoke and lava...

The room was found during an excavation of a large villa on the outskirts of pompeii. the city was engulfed in a volcanic eruption nearly 2000 years ago, burying it and its residents in ash. translation: it is an i exceptional cross-section of the life and daily work of a part of the ancient population that is little known through official sources, always seen from the point of view of the elites and here instead, we see the lives of slaves, servants, people of a very low social status. the room...

The number 1a a record seventh year, beating his childhood heros record, pete sampras. for weeks now weve been telling you about the ongoing situation in la palma, as a volcano on the island continues to spew out smoke and lava. its caused massive disruption and destroyed more than 2000 properties. but it hasnt deterred one plucky band of tourists as the bbc�*s tim allman explains. come to la palma and see the sights — well, one rather big sight in particular. now, if you wanted to take part...

A window into how slaves lived in ancient pompeii. its a cramped space with three wooden beds. one smaller bed is possibly a childs, indicating that the room could have housed a family. the room was found during an excavation of a large villa on the outskirts of pompeii. the city was engulfed in a volcanic eruption nearly 2000 years ago, burying it and its residents in ash. translation: it is an exceptional cross—section of the life and daily work of a part of the ancient population that is li...

I completely disagree withjohn major, i disagree with him on quite a few issues, but in particular on this one. this has been a bumpy few days for the government, entirely of its own making, as critics within the conservative party and beyond ask sharp questions about the prime ministers judgement. chris mason, bbc news, at westminster. four weeks we have been telling you about the ongoing situation in la palma, which is caused massive disruption and destroyed 2000 properties but it has not disa...

A room used by slaves, which they say gives an extraordinary insight into their daily lives. nina nanji reports. a window into how slaves lived in ancient pompeii. it is a cramped space with three wooden beds. one smaller bed is possibly a childs, indicating that the room could have housed a family. the room was found during an excavation of a large villa on the outskirts of pompeii. the city was engulfed in a volcanic eruption nearly 2000 years ago, burying it and its residents in ash. translat...

Using impressions they had left in the hardened ash. the ruins of pompeii remain a rich source for archaeologists. it is a city frozen in time and one of italys most visited tourist attractions. nina nanji, bbc news. for weeks now weve been telling you about the ongoing situation in la palma, as a volcano on the island continues to spew out smoke and lava. its caused massive disruption and destroyed more than 2,000 properties. but it hasnt deterred one plucky band of tourists, as the bbc�*s ti...

The room was found during an excavation of a large villa on the outskirts of pompeii. the city was engulfed in a volcanic eruption almost 2000 years ago, burying it and its residents in ash. translation: it is an i exceptional cross-section of the life and daily work of a part of the ancient l population that is little known —— through official sources, i always seen from the point of view of the elite - and here instead, we see the lives of slaves, - servants, people of a very low social st...