Showing posts with label Pompeii. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Pompeii. Show all posts
Monday, June 10, 2024

What is pizza? And what is in that picture from Pompeii?

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https://www.twopeasandtheirpod.com/best-veggie-pizza/ What is pizza? I know that is a silly question, but there are so many varieties and to...
Saturday, August 06, 2011

Down the Roman Road: Part IV

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Question #4: Why are the sidewalks in Pompeiian streets so high? Stepping stones crossing a street in Pompeii from elevated sidewalks. ...
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Tuesday, August 02, 2011

Down the Roman Road: Part III

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Question #3: How in the world did traffic navigate those stepping stones in Pompeii? In my last posting I considered the ruts between thos...
Monday, August 01, 2011

Down the Roman Road: Part II

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Question #2: Why are there obvious ruts in Roman roads? Ruts between the stepping stones in Pompeii The quick answer is that these ruts...

Down the Roman Road: Part I

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I have been thinking about those ancient roads that run through parts of the Roman Forum, the Appian Way, and Pompeii, and have come up with...
Tuesday, December 30, 2008

Into the Field!

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I took some of my students on a real fieldtrip to the National Gallery of Art . We took a day over Winter Break, boarded the Virginia Railwa...
Thursday, July 05, 2007

Making Connections I

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I know that I have posted an image of an umbrella pine tree before... but today I have a reason! My students and I recently returned from a ...
Sunday, February 04, 2007

History Repeats Itself

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In the "The more things change, the more they stay the same" department, we have news out of Italy which reminds us (sadly) of an ...