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Tortoise and her egg found in new Pompeii excavations

ROME (AP) – Archaeologists in Pompeii have discovered the remains of a pregnant tortoise (pic right) that had sought refuge in the ruins of a home destroyed by an earthquake in 62AD, only to be covered by volcanic ash and rock when Mount Vesuvius erupted 17 years later. The 14-centimetre-long Hermann’s tortoise and her egg
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