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Pompeii’s Power Couple

Pompeii has revealed yet another stunning secret: life-size sculptures of a couple, carved atop a tomb in the city’s Porta Sarno necropolis that was partially destroyed by the eruption of Mt. Vesuvius in 79 CE. The tomb is one of more than 50 cremation burials discovered in the necropolis and consists of four niches for … Continue reading Pompeii’s Power Couple