|
|
Article: Pompeii's mysteries explored at Toledo museum.
- Article from:
- The Blade (Toledo, OH)
- Article date:
- October 19, 2006
CopyrightCOPYRIGHT 2006 The Blade. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan. All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group. (Hide copyright information)
|
Byline: Tahree Lane
Oct. 19--We're fascinated with the Italian city that was frozen in time almost 2,000 years ago. It's not unlike the lurid pleasure of imagining the lost city of Atlantis or the doomed Titanic, or watching a sci-fi thriller in which a family driving down a deserted highway is abducted by aliens. Ever since a farmer discovered traces of Pompeii in the 1750s, it has attracted the curious, including the German poet Goethe, Mark Twain, and even Toledo Museum of Art founders Florence and Edward Libbey. "From the 18th century on, for people who went on the Grand Tour of Europe, Naples and Pompeii were always on that tour," said Carolyn ...
Related newspaper, magazine, and journal articles:
|
|
Article: ANCIENT POMPEII RICH IN NATURE.(Living)
Albany Times Union (Albany, NY);
August 5, 1990 ;
700+ words
... ... Preston Turegano Copley News Service In Pompeii, forests of grass, wispy wildflowers ... indulgent patricians once journeyed to Pompeii to escape the intrigues and congestion ... Vesuvius, the volcano that looks over Pompeii, erupted with devastating fury in A ...
|
|