The ancient cities of Pompeii and Herculaneum thrived near the base of Mount Vesuvius at the Bay of Naples. But on #ThisDayInHistory in 79 A.D., this pleasure and prosperity came to an end when Mount Vesuvius exploded, propelling a 20-mile-high cloud of ash and pumice.

This solid gold statuette of the Egyptian god Amun is our #ArtefactOfTheDay! Dating to c. 945 - 712 BCE, Amun ("the hidden one") was a creator god and from the New Kingdom onward was the most important deity in the Egyptian pantheon. #Classics #Egyptian #Art #Archaeology

A 3000 year old picture of an Assyrian soldier diving under the river using an inflatable goatskin bag. The tablet is kept in the British Museum of Antiquities. #archaeohistories

@Scarborough_GB No, too late actually. As #BrexitShambles are being continuously unfolded, #RemainersWereRight should trend forever until serious steps are taken to fix the wrong caused by this great failed adventure.

My local Tesco yesterday afternoon. #RemainersWereRight #brexitshambles

Delta Air Lines will require unvaccinated employees to pay an additional $200 per month to stay on the company’s health care plan starting Nov. 1. The average coronavirus-related hospitalization has cost the company about $40,000 per person, the CEO said. nyti.ms/38bBCoD

Can anyone tell me if any British papers reported that France has overtaken UK on vaccinations? Or are they stuck in the No 10 ordained/Brexshit billionaire-supported ‘world beating’ mode?

Go to Hell Boris Johnson and the entire obscene Tory Government. I'm not sure the Devil himself would want any of you!

Those who supported Brexit, but are now seeing the true reality of Brexit Britain. The realisation that you can’t feed your family with spoon fulls of sovereignty. #RemainersWereRight

There is only one country responsible for the carnage and deaths of hundreds of thousands of people in #Afghanistan since 2001 the miserable #FailedTerroristState is of course #PAKISTAN who have armed funded trained and given bases to the #TalibanMonsters

#NorthKorea is treated as a #PariahState because it has developed #NuclearWeapons to defend its people yet #NorthKorea does not promote #Terrorism #PAKISTAN murders #BritishSoldiers and #American and #NATO forces yet we pretend they are not our enemy

Next time #NorthKorea is featured in a story don't take the piss at the lack of supplies in shops #Brexit has brought the same situation here

He's definitely lying😃😃😃🤣🤣🤣

Because #IDEOLOGY matters more to him than common sense a lot of these top #Capitalists have a very poor grasp of #Economics

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Unvaccinated employees of #Airlines should not be able to work or receive pay until they get vaccinated they have NO right to endanger #Travellers

US concerned about 'very specific threat stream' from ISIS-K against crowds outside Kabul airport cnn.com/2021/08/25/pol…

Afghan withdrawal leaves allies to face harsh reality of US's departure from world stage cnn.com/2021/08/24/pol…

World's first crewless, zero emissions cargo ship will set sail in Norway cnn.com/2021/08/25/wor…