TAG: ancient Rome
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Courtesy Soprintendenza Archeologica di Pompei
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(Courtesy Duncan Keenan-Jones, University of Glasgow)
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Digs & Discoveries May/June 2012
The Persistence of Brucellosis
The skeletal remains of two adolescent males found at Butrint, a Roman colony in Albania, indicate that both suffered from fatal cases of brucellosis. The chronic respiratory disease, which is typically contracted from contaminated meat or dairy products, today affects roughly 500,000 people per year worldwide.
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(Courtesy Matthew Koutsoumannis)
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Features July 1, 2011
Assisi's Roman Villa
A surprise discovery under a medieval Italian town square.
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(Image from the Art Renewal Center website, www.artrenewal.org)
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