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REMAINS OF 2,000-YEAR-OLD PREGNANT TORTOISE UNEARTHED AT POMPEII

One of the smallest casualties of the AD 79 eruption of Mount Vesuvius has been found by experts working at the ancient city of Pompeii: a pregnant tortoise. The remains of the 14cm-long animal and her egg were covered in volcanic ash and in the ruins of a

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