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Colosseum cleaning reveals ancient frescoes

January 29th, 2013 | by Sevaan Franks

Restoration work at the Colosseum in Rome has revealed ancient frescoes and graffiti in an internal passageway between the second

January 23rd, 2013 | by Sevaan Franks

A study of graffiti found throughout the buried city of Pompeii suggest that ancient homeowners may have had control over

May 22nd, 2012 | by Sevaan Franks

I always shake my head when I read articles like this: vandals have defaced some ancient petroglyphs at Land Hill

May 4th, 2012 | by Sevaan Franks

The Lahore Fort in Pakistan receives thousands of visitors a day, many of who deface the historical site. Now officials

February 7th, 2012 | by Sevaan Franks

Conservators, working at the Brandy Station Graffiti House in Virginia have peeled back the layers of paint to reveal the

November 22nd, 2011 | by Sevaan Franks

Archaeologists have been examining graffiti drawn by Sex Pistols frontman Johnny Rotten on the walls of a flat they rented

June 20th, 2011 | by Sevaan Franks

NPR posted a cool story about how archaeologists are working to unscrambled ancient tomb graffiti in Israel. One says, “Take

April 18th, 2011 | by Sevaan Franks

I still can’t wrap my head aruond the complete disrespect for history that some people have. Vandals in Western Australia