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Pompeii
(Encyclopedia)Pompeii pmp´, Ital. pmp´ [key], ancient city of S Italy, a port near Naples and at the foot of Mt. Vesuvius. Possibly an old Oscan settlement, it was a Samnite city for centuries before it...Baziotes, William
(Encyclopedia)Baziotes, William bz´tz [key], 1912–64, American painter, b. Pittsburgh. Baziotes's works of the 1940s and 50s are largely abstract images, usually with brooding, primitive qualities encomp...Timgad
(Encyclopedia)Timgad tm´gd [key], ancient Thamugadi, ruined city, Algeria, S of Constantine. It is sometimes called the Pompeii of North Africa because of the extensive remains of the Roman city founded here b...Hamilton, Sir William
(Encyclopedia)Hamilton, Sir William, 1730–1803, British diplomat and archaeologist, ambassador to Naples (1764–1800). He was the husband of Emma, Lady Hamilton, mistress of Admiral Horatio Nelson. His fine coll...Kanellopoulos, Panayotis
(Encyclopedia)Kanellopoulos, Panayotis pänäyô´ts känl´pools [key], 1902–86, Greek writer and political leader. A professor of sociology at the Univ. of Athens, he was active in World War II in the...Ostia
(Encyclopedia)Ostia s´t [key], ancient city of Italy, originally at the mouth of the Tiber but now inland as the Tiber delta has grown. It was founded (4th cent. BC) as a protection for Rome, then developed ...Vesuvius
(Encyclopedia)Vesuvius vsoo´vs [key], Ital. Vesuvio, active volcano, S Italy, on the eastern shore of the Bay of Naples, SE of Naples. The only other active volcano on the European mainland is the Campi Fl...Herculaneum
(Encyclopedia)Herculaneum hrkyl´nm [key], ancient city of S Italy, on the gulf of Naples at the foot of Mt. Vesuvius. Damaged by an earthquake in AD 63, it was completely buried, along with Pompeii, by t...Italian greyhound
(Encyclopedia)Italian greyhound, breed of sleek, active toy dog that stands from 13 to 15 in. (32–38 cm) high at the shoulder and weighs from 7 to 11 lb (3–5 kg). Its short, thin coat is glossy and may be any s...baths
(Encyclopedia)baths, in architecture. Ritual bathing is traceable to ancient Egypt, to prehistoric cities of the Indus River valley, and to the early Aegean civilizations. Remains of bathing apartments dating from ...Browse by Subject
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