New, almost life-size statues discovered in a necropolis in Pompeii. Details about the possible Roman priestess.

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This truly amazing and the most unbelievable miracle occurred almost three and half decades ago in the holy abode of Lord Sri Venkateswara of the Tirumala Tirupati temple located on a hill top in the ...

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