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Hidden painting is discovered at Pompeii after 2,000 years: Stunning fresco depicting Helen of Troy is revealed during excavations at the ancient Roman city

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Nearly 2,000 years since it was buried by volcanic rubble, the lost city of Pompeii is yielding even more astonishing discoveries.

Archeologists have uncovered remarkably preserved ‘fresco’ paintings on a wall at a former private residence along Via di Nola, one of Pompeii’s longest streets. 

One of the stunning artworks depicts Helen of Troy, a beautiful woman in Greek mythology, meeting Paris, prince of Troy, for the first time. 

According to legend, the resulting elopement between the two sparked the 

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‘PERFECT archaeology machine’: Researchers use iPad Pro to ‘revolutionize’ how they preserve Pompeii

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Archaeologists working to unlock all the secrets of ancient Pompeii recently used a tool that doesn’t spring to mind when you think of excavations – an iPad Pro. 

Mixed in with more standard equipment like trowels, buckets and brushes, archaeologists at the site that was buried when Mount Vesuvius erupted are now harnessing the computational power and versatility of Apple’s iPad Pro.

Researchers who are prone to scribble notes about artifacts or other technical details during digs on paper now

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Pompeii Still Has Buried Secrets

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The journey from Naples to the ruins of Pompeii takes about half an hour on the Circumvesuviana, a train that rattles through a ribbon of land between the base of Mt. Vesuvius, on one side, and the Gulf of Naples, on the other. The area is built up, but when I travelled the route earlier this fall I could catch glimpses of the glittering sea behind apartment buildings. Occasionally, the mountainous coast across the bay came into sight, in the

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