Tag: Historical Tourism

U.S. Parades, Protests Mark Columbus Day, Now Also Indigenous Peoples’ Day

NEW YORK — Christopher Columbus Day drew crowds on Monday with U.S. city parades marking the explorer’s voyage and Italian-American culture, as the focus increasingly turned to the heritage and plight of indigenous people subjugated by European settlers. At the White House, where President Joe Biden had declared October 11 as Indigenous Peoples’ Day, community […]

Bodies Of Man And His Slave Unearthed From Ashes At Pompeii

ROME — The skeletal remains of what are believed to have been a rich man and his male slave fleeing the volcanic eruption of Vesuvius nearly 2,000 years ago have been discovered in Pompeii, officials at the archaeological park said Saturday. The partial skeletons were found during excavation of an elegant villa on the outskirts […]