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Resin analysis of incense in Pompeii links Roman city to African tradeSemafor
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Resin analysis of incense in Pompeii links Roman city to African trade

Researchers identified resin from African rainforests in incense burners excavated from a Pompeii household shrine. The findings indicate trade connections between the Roman city and sub-Saharan Africa via the Red Sea as early as the first century BC.

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Archaeologists Use AI to Reconstruct Face of Pompeii Victim from AD 79 Eruptionwinnipegfreepress.com
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Archaeologists Use AI to Reconstruct Face of Pompeii Victim from AD 79 Eruption

Archaeologists at Pompeii employed artificial intelligence for the first time to digitally recreate the face of a man killed in the AD 79 Mount Vesuvius eruption. The reconstruction, based on skeletal data from excavations near the Porta Stabia necropolis, depicts an older man wh…

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Pompeii Archaeologists Use AI to Reconstruct Face of AD 79 Vesuvius Eruption VictimSubstrate placeholder — needs review
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Pompeii Archaeologists Use AI to Reconstruct Face of AD 79 Vesuvius Eruption Victim

Archaeologists at the Pompeii Archaeological Park released an AI-generated digital portrait of a man who died during the AD 79 eruption of Mount Vesuvius. The reconstruction, based on skeletal remains found outside the city's walls, depicts the victim shielding his head with a te…

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