Pompeii

Bring The Kids: Disney Goes Around The World

Sherrie Nachman | Posted 01.14.2012

Read More: Adventures by Disney, Pompeii, Siena, International Destinations, Family Travel, Italy Travel, Disney, Tours, Group Travel, Destinations, Travel Blogs, Florence, Travel News

While organized tours get a bad rap, our Italian trip contained surprisingly little moaning, an impressively prompt and fun group of families and the joy of having someone else tackle the logistics. It turns out kids love group travel.

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Archaeological Dig Vacations: Volunteer Experiences for Any Personality

Huffington Post | Rebecca Dolan | Posted 09.20.2011

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Vacations these days aren't just about how many museum lines it's possible to stand in or finding out how long it takes to get a blistering sunburn, b...

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Viminacium - A New Life for Balkan Pompeii (PHOTOS)

Sasa Milosevic | Posted 09.27.2011

Read More: Slidepollajax, History, Religion, Travel, Serbia, Mausoleum, Pompeii, World, Balkan, Hostilian, Emperor, Viminacium, Travel News

Hidden under the fields of the corn for the centuries, the ancient city of Viminacium is rightly called Balkan Pompeii.

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Largest Find Of Roman Excrement Could Reveal Secrets Of Ancient Life

BBC.co.uk | Posted 11.15.2011

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Archaeologists have been discovering how Romans lived 2,000 years ago, by studying what they left behind in their sewers. A team of experts has been s...

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PHOTOS 'The Sinner's Grand Tour': 10 Sexy Places The Guidebooks Won't Tell You About

Tony Perrottet | Posted 07.27.2011

Read More: Slidepollajax, Big Ben, Pompeii, Colosseum, Cassanova, Hellfire Caves, Travel, Vatican, The Sinner's Grand Tour, Paris, Eiffel Tower, Books News

I've never been much interested in going to the Eiffel Tower, Big Ben, the Colosseum, or any of the standard tourist draws in Europe.

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Too Hot for You in Pompeii? Try Times Square

Eileen Ogintz | Posted 05.25.2011

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It's never easy making an historic site interesting for kids and, casts of human bodies aside, Pompeii is no different. Still, I wouldn't have missed showing this place to the kids for anything.

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(PHOTOS) LANDMARKS: Ancient City of Pompeii Falls To Ruins Once Again

Posted 05.25.2011

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After being covered by volcanic ash for hundreds of years, we thought Pompeii's tragic days had come and gone. Unfortunately, over the past few weeks,...

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Pompeii Garden Wall Collapse Highlights Italian Historic Site's Neglect (PHOTOS)

Posted 05.25.2011

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ROME (AP) - A stretch of garden wall ringing an ancient house in Pompeii gave way Tuesday after days of torrential rain, the latest structure to colla...

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9 Favorite Things About Italy (PHOTOS)

Frommer's | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Pompeii, Italy, Florence, Venice, Rome, Slidepollajax, Travel News

Italy Day by Day features regional and city itineraries that will help you maximize your time while touring the country's top sights. Tour the fabulou...

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Temple of Venus And Rome Reopens After 26-Year Renovation (PHOTOS)

The Huffington Post | Posted 05.25.2011

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After 26 years of restoration, the Italian government has reopened the Temple of Venus and Rome in the Roman Forum to the public, reports the New York...

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Pompeii's 'House Of The Gladiators' Collapses

AP | Posted 05.25.2011

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ROME — A 2,000-year-old house in the ancient Roman city of Pompeii, which was once used by gladiators to train before combat, collapsed Saturday...

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Travel The World With Google Street View

Farryn Weiner | Posted 09.19.2011

Read More: Google, Photography, Antarctica, Pompeii, Slidepollajax, Stonehenge, Travel, Google Street View, Technology, Travel Tech, Travel News

With famous attractions like Pompeii and Stonehenge on the screen, you can hop from Asia to Africa with out breaking a sweat, or your bank account.

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Google Streetncient Pompeii Ruins Now on Google Street View

Posted 05.25.2011

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Google Street View, a feature of Google Maps that allows users to zoom into a location and peruse it in a 3D environment, has already mapped over 100 ...

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Why Visiting Pompeii Has Me Thinking About the Smoke Billowing Out of Our Economic Mt. Vesuvius

Arianna Huffington | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Foreclosures, Job Losses, Wall Street Bailout, Bankruptcy, Pecora Commission, Aig, Neil Barofsky, Credit Card Debt, Goldman Sachs, Unemployment, Bailout, Pompeii, Financial Crisis, Economic Recovery, Wall Street, Health Care, Credit Card Industry, Business News

Before Pompeii was wiped out by a volcanic eruption in 79 A.D., there were warning signs galore. But they were ignored. There is currently plenty of alarming smoke pouring out of our economic Vesuvius. It too is being ignored. READ MORE States Forced to Cut Services to the Bone: The Opportunity Cost of the Bank Bailout Reading about the huge budget cuts almost every state in the country is being forced to make leaves us pondering the opportunity cost of the bank bailout -- what else we could have done with the trillions we spent. The devastation is in the details... READ MORE TiVo Alert: I will be part of Sunday's roundtable panel on This Week with George Stephanopoulos, along with Paul Krugman, George Will, Donna Brazile, and David Brooks. The show airs at different times around the country, so check your local listings.

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One-Night Stands, Binge-Drinking And Bathhouses: The Love Lives Of Ancient Romans

Times Online | Mary Beard | Posted 05.25.2011

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Roman sexual culture was different from our own. Women, as we have seen at Pompeii, were much more visible in the Roman world than in many other parts...

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Polanski's $100 M "Pompeii" Halted For Strike Fears

Variety | Dave McNary, Alison James | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Pompeii, Robert Benmussa, Writer's Strike, Roman Polanski, Entertainment News

Director Roman Polanski has pulled out of the $100 million "Pompeii," and preparations on the big-budget epic have been indefinitely halted, due to fe...

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