Happy ‘Someone in #Pompeii Made Bread’ day!
Scratched into a wall, the graffito reads:

XIII K(alendas) Maias panem feci
On April 19, I made bread

– CIL IV 8792

Nuovi scavi a #Pompei , sono tante le piccole #scoperte quotidiane: qui quello che sembra essere la rappresentazione di una rappresentazione (dipinto di una statua) …

If you’ve enjoyed the incredible discoveries that have recently been unearthed in #Pompeii do tune into this excellent new BBC Two series at 9pm - also on iplayer - it’s a fantastic three part doc capturing the amazing finds as they emerge by Lion TV Productions bbc.co.uk/programmes/m00…

The white sea of millions of tesserae that decorate the floor of the newly discovered black room in Region 9, #Pompeii
#MosaicMonday

In a fabulous new discovery—in the arches under a large staircase in the Region 9 excavations—a series of #gladiators are in perpetual combat.
Murmillo versus Thracian (armed with a curved sword) sketched in detail in charcoal alongside a stylised phallus painted in red
#Pompeii

A feature of Third Style fresco painting is the use of candelabras (lamp stands) to divide up the panels of colour. I think this one from the newly discovered black room has one of the finest tripod footings I’ve seen. I stopped by a storeroom in #Pompeii to see a bronze example.

Those figurative scenes in the context of the black room & their small size given the scale of the room. I love the simple white mosaic with its geometric thresholds and even more the crude attempt to repair damage after a fissure opens up probably due to an earthquake #Pompeii

Apollo trying to seduce a very nonplussed Cassandra. Her expression of exasperation is everything. #Pompeii

It’s been a privilege watching these frescoes of scenes from Trojan mythology emerge from the pumice in Region 9, Pompeii Sites.
And what an unforgettable experience it’s been working with Rebecca Morelle and others to bring these discoveries to the public gaze this week. #Pompeii .

Stunning artworks have been uncovered in a new excavation at Pompeii, the Roman city famously buried in an eruption from Mount Vesuvius in AD79.

Science Editor Rebecca Morelle is there for #BBCBreakfast

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How do mega #icebergs move, how do they decay and what traces of their existence do they leave behind? This is a deep dive on #A23a , which today is the single biggest block of free-floating ice on the planet. bbc.co.uk/news/resources…

Is #Reykjanes in Iceland entering a new volcanic era - and how long could it last?

Written a few weeks ago but hope you find it interesting. Ft the brilliant Tamsin Mather Dr. Evgenia Ilyinskaya Dave McGarvie & written with alison francis

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Giants redwoods - the world’s largest tree - are thriving in the UK… and growing fast, a new study shows.

Ft Wakehurst UCL News

More here and on BBC Breakfast BBC Radio 4 Today

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Poor penguins bbc.co.uk/news/science-e…

There is life in the ruins of the Sycamore Gap tree!

I went to the secret greenhouse protecting the seedlings with harrietbradshaw - here’s what we saw

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The full programme, 'Robot Ships' can be seen on BBC iPlayer, produced by Rebecca Morelle alison francis and KC. Features also SEA-KIT International and Fugro bbc.co.uk/programmes/m00…

We've been on one of Ocean Infinity's Armada 78s to see what the future of shipping looks like. New technologies are changing the way people work at sea, and also moving many roles to land where tasks can be performed remotely via satellite links.