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Actor Jackie Chan carried the Olympic torch through the ruins of Pompeii during the relay for the Milan Cortina Winter Games on Monday. The day’s route also passed along the picturesque Amalfi Coast.

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Actor Jackie Chan carried the Olympic Torch through the ruins of ancient Pompeii as the relay continued its way to Rome on ...

Archaeologists at a Pompeii site buried by the 79 AD eruption of Mount Vesuvius have uncovered evidence of ancient Roman ...

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Actor Jackie Chan carried the Olympic torch through the ruins of Pompeii during the relay for the Milan Cortina Winter Games ...

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New frescoes with "extraordinary details and colours" and new rooms have been unearthed in a villa on the suburbs of the ...

Despite the fact that Mount Vesuvius triggered one of the most infamous ancient tragedies, not everyone agrees on exactly ...