The Discovery Of The Gladiator Graffiti At Pompeii The gladiator ... before the eruption of Mount Vesuvius destroyed the ancient Roman city in 79 C.E., killing at least 2,000 people in the city ...

However the shard that has always intrigued me the most is this piece that has incised graffiti on it. Why did a Roman, about 1800 years ago, do this? I have read that sometimes it was done simply ...

the real thrill of Pompeii is that the most mundane aspects of ancient Roman life have been preserved for centuries beneath fine-grained volcanic ash. Graffiti still covers walls; some of the ...

Experts studying ancient graffiti at Lincoln Cathedral say they have found thousands of carvings and etchings in the walls of the building. Volunteers have found ships, human figures, board games ...

Why should we applaud Monet for pushing boundaries, but criticise graffiti artists for doing the same thing? Like the paintings of cavemen or the etchings on ancient Roman walls, graffiti art ...