Unlocking the scrolls of Herculaneum

BBC News Magazine ^ | 21st December 2013 | Robin Banerji

[the scotsman]

'The British Museum's 2013 show of artefacts from the Roman cities of Pompeii and Herculaneum, buried in ash during an explosive eruption of Mount Vesuvius, was a sell-out. But could even greater treasures - including lost works of classical literature - still lie underground?.'

[stocksthatgoup]

Will Lassie save the little kitten that fell into the well?

[SunkenCiv]

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[Islander7]

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