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AD 79 in HD: broadcasting Pompeii Live
14 June 2013
Tim Plyming, Head of Digital Media and Publishing, British Museum At time of writing we are under a...
Roman lamp showing a chariot race
Rare Roman cut-glass beaker
Roman pyxis, ink-pot
Child's shoe from Roman Britain
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