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Tortoise and its egg found in latest Pompeii discovery

11 days ago

ROME: The remains of a tortoise and its egg have been unearthed by archaeologists in Pompeii, the Roman city buried in a volcanic eruption in 79 AD. The animal was found hidden under the clay floor of a storehouse and probably died before Vesuvius erupted. "It had dug itself a burrow where it cou