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NEWS ABOUT: Pompeii

Pompeii stories: 2 news summaries
OPINION

 Bailout Won't 
 Bail Out Bernanke 

Nation needs explanation of how it will help

Oct 6, 08 2:42 PM CDT
(Newser) - The economic bailout plan does nothing to address the "collapse in confidence" hammering the financial system, Christopher Carroll writes for the Financial Times. Using the example of the "Bank of Rome" in August, 79 AD, the Johns Hopkins economist argues that the plan makes as much... More »

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Ben Bernanke • Federal Reserve • Henry Paulson • US economy • Treasury Department • Pompeii • bailout • Treasury secretary • financial crisis

Archaeologists Unearth Part of Roman Throne

First finding of its kind
is decorated with
ivory bas-reliefs of gods

Dec 5, 07 2:47 AM CST
(Newser) - Archaeologists have discovered the remains of a Roman throne in the volcanic ash that buried the city of Herculaneum when Mount Vesuvius erupted in the year 79. Scientists unearthed two legs and the back of a throne, the first ever found. The piece was decorated with ivory bas-reliefs of ancient... More »

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archaeology • Romans • relics • Pompeii • Herculaneum • discovery

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