A new chemical and microscopic analysis of Pompeii residues documents a sacrificial rite that had only been previously ...

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The destruction of Pompeii preserved ash residues on the household altars of its inhabitants. An international research team has scientifically investigated for the first time what was burned in Roman ...

The burnt remains of incense burned in rituals has turned up amidst the petrified remains of Pompeii in Italy for the first ...

New research on Pompeii incense burners shows how aromas from local plants and imported resin shaped household rituals.

Pompeii, the ancient Roman city that was buried in an eruption of Mount Vesuvius in 79 AD and later unearthed, is ready to ...

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