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DISCOVERY OF TREASURES AT POMPEII. Poblirfeed' in "The TlmM. H (Received July 26, 8.10 p.m.) ROME, July 25. Important new discoveries of treasures at Pompeii ware made recently as the result pf the excavations which have been ir» progress since 1911. The discoveries include a number of fine paintings, one depicting twelve custodians of tho city, a house with the remains of the balcony on the first floor, two beautiful porticoes of a pergola above four shops, an elaborate bar covered with election posters, and a sacrificial altar with the ashes of the last sacrifice preserved.
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New Zealand Times, Volume XLVII, Issue 10963, 27 July 1921, Page 5
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