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Mount Vesuvius

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Mount Vesuvius Information
6,353 words, approx. 21 pages
Mount Vesuvius (Italian: Monte Vesuvio, Latin: Mons Vesuvius) is a volcano east of Naples, Italy. It is the only volcano on the European mainland to have erupted within the last hundred years, although it is not currently erupting. The only other two...


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The Mineralogical Record
Afghanite from Mount Vesuvius: a rediscovery.
03/01/1996: 2,069 words, approx. 7 pages
Afghanite is a feltspathoid of the cancrinite group rediscovered in 1968 as part of the Sar-e-Sang lazurite deposit in Afghanistan. Since then, it has been found in 10 locations worldwide, half in Italy. Usually associated with the sodalite-group minerals, with which the cancrinite group...
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The Washington Post
Reclaimed From Mount Vesuvius; Villa of the Papyri Discovered at Herculaneum
02/18/1987: 850 words, approx. 3 pages
Only last summer, Italian archeologist Baldessare Conticello outlined to the Smithsonian Institution in Washington his plans for finding one of the lost gems of Roman history: the fabled Villa of the Papyri, buried in A.D. 79 in the eruption of Mount Vesuvius that covered...
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AP-Travel Online
Erotic Frescoes on Display in Pompeii
10/27/2006: 366 words, approx. 1 pages
It was the jewel of Pompeii's libertines: a brothel decorated with frescoes of erotic figures believed to be the most popular in the ancient Roman city. The Lupanare _ which derives its name from the Latin word "lupa," or "prostitute"...
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AP News
U.S. pushes to protect red coral species
6/9/2007: 471 words, approx. 2 pages
The U.S. is leading a push to protect a type of red coral that grows deep in the world's oceans and seas, putting it at odds with Italian fishermen who have harvested the species for generations to make artwork and jewelry.Under the U.S. proposal up...
 


Criticism and Essays
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Essay Grade: 92%
Eruption of Mount Vesuvius and The Effects of It on Pompeii
609 words, approx. 2 pages
An essay in the form of an ancient newspaper article about the eruption of Mount Vesuvius in 79 Ad and the effects on Pompeii after it
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Essay Grade: 86%
Mount Vesuvius
378 words, approx. 1 pages
Essay provides a description of the history of Mt Vesuvius and Pompeii.


 

Mount Vesuvius

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