[Breaking News]Private room for shinkansen bullet trains

TOKYO, Japan, July 9 Kyodo - Video taken in Tokyo shows a private room unveiled to the media on July 8, 2026, that will become available on Tokaido and Sanyo Shinkansen bullet trains from October. Use of the room, including the travel fare, will cost at least 42,000 yen ($260) for journeys between Tokyo and Shin-Osaka stations. (Kyodo)

Private room for shinkansen bullet trains

Private room for shinkansen bullet trains

Photo taken in Tokyo shows a private room unveiled to the media on July 8, 2026, that will become available on Tokaido and Sanyo Shinkansen bullet trains from October. Use of the room, including the travel fare, will cost at least 42,000 yen ($260) for journeys between Tokyo and Shin-Osaka stations.

Private room for shinkansen bullet trains

Private room for shinkansen bullet trains

Photo taken in Tokyo shows a private room unveiled to the media on July 8, 2026, that will become available on Tokaido and Sanyo Shinkansen bullet trains from October. Use of the room, including the travel fare, will cost at least 42,000 yen ($260) for journeys between Tokyo and Shin-Osaka stations.

Private room for shinkansen bullet trains

Private room for shinkansen bullet trains

Photo taken in Tokyo shows a private room unveiled to the media on July 8, 2026, that will become available on Tokaido and Sanyo Shinkansen bullet trains from October. Use of the room, including the travel fare, will cost at least 42,000 yen ($260) for journeys between Tokyo and Shin-Osaka stations.

Private room for shinkansen bullet trains

Private room for shinkansen bullet trains

Photo taken in Tokyo shows a private room unveiled to the media on July 8, 2026, that will become available on Tokaido and Sanyo Shinkansen bullet trains from October. Use of the room, including the travel fare, will cost at least 42,000 yen ($260) for journeys between Tokyo and Shin-Osaka stations.

Private room for shinkansen bullet trains

Private room for shinkansen bullet trains

Photo taken in Tokyo shows a private room unveiled to the media on July 8, 2026, that will become available on Tokaido and Sanyo Shinkansen bullet trains from October. Use of the room, including the travel fare, will cost at least 42,000 yen ($260) for journeys between Tokyo and Shin-Osaka stations.

Erotic Roman Mosaic Stolen By Wehrmacht Officer Returns to Pompeii - Italy

Erotic Roman Mosaic Stolen By Wehrmacht Officer Returns to Pompeii - Italy

An erotic Ancient Roman mosaic stolen by a Wehrmacht officer in 1944 and given to a German citizen was returned to its rightful home at Pompeii, Italy in a ceremony by Italy's crack art cops on July 15, 2025. The German army captain, responsible for the military supply chain in Italy during World War II, handed over the mosaic of a pair of lovers in an erotic scene to a German citizen whose family have now returned it thanks to the Carabinieri of the Cultural Heritage Protection Unit (TPC) of Rome. The work of great cultural interest dates between the mid-last century BC and the 1st century AD. Repatriated from Germany through a diplomatic expedition, the mosaic most likely decorated the floor of a private room reserved for the master of the house. The work is likely from the Vesuvian area, perhaps from a villa in the Pompeian suburbs. The paramilitary personnel of the Cultural Heritage Protection Command in Rome, realizing they were dealing with a work of extraordinary cultural interest and, among other thin

Erotic Roman Mosaic Stolen By Wehrmacht Officer Returns to Pompeii - Italy

Erotic Roman Mosaic Stolen By Wehrmacht Officer Returns to Pompeii - Italy

An erotic Ancient Roman mosaic stolen by a Wehrmacht officer in 1944 and given to a German citizen was returned to its rightful home at Pompeii, Italy in a ceremony by Italy's crack art cops on July 15, 2025. The German army captain, responsible for the military supply chain in Italy during World War II, handed over the mosaic of a pair of lovers in an erotic scene to a German citizen whose family have now returned it thanks to the Carabinieri of the Cultural Heritage Protection Unit (TPC) of Rome. The work of great cultural interest dates between the mid-last century BC and the 1st century AD. Repatriated from Germany through a diplomatic expedition, the mosaic most likely decorated the floor of a private room reserved for the master of the house. The work is likely from the Vesuvian area, perhaps from a villa in the Pompeian suburbs. The paramilitary personnel of the Cultural Heritage Protection Command in Rome, realizing they were dealing with a work of extraordinary cultural interest and, among other thin

Erotic Roman Mosaic Stolen By Wehrmacht Officer Returns to Pompeii - Italy

Erotic Roman Mosaic Stolen By Wehrmacht Officer Returns to Pompeii - Italy

An erotic Ancient Roman mosaic stolen by a Wehrmacht officer in 1944 and given to a German citizen was returned to its rightful home at Pompeii, Italy in a ceremony by Italy's crack art cops on July 15, 2025. The German army captain, responsible for the military supply chain in Italy during World War II, handed over the mosaic of a pair of lovers in an erotic scene to a German citizen whose family have now returned it thanks to the Carabinieri of the Cultural Heritage Protection Unit (TPC) of Rome. The work of great cultural interest dates between the mid-last century BC and the 1st century AD. Repatriated from Germany through a diplomatic expedition, the mosaic most likely decorated the floor of a private room reserved for the master of the house. The work is likely from the Vesuvian area, perhaps from a villa in the Pompeian suburbs. The paramilitary personnel of the Cultural Heritage Protection Command in Rome, realizing they were dealing with a work of extraordinary cultural interest and, among other thin

Erotic Roman Mosaic Stolen By Wehrmacht Officer Returns to Pompeii - Italy

Erotic Roman Mosaic Stolen By Wehrmacht Officer Returns to Pompeii - Italy

An erotic Ancient Roman mosaic stolen by a Wehrmacht officer in 1944 and given to a German citizen was returned to its rightful home at Pompeii, Italy in a ceremony by Italy's crack art cops on July 15, 2025. The German army captain, responsible for the military supply chain in Italy during World War II, handed over the mosaic of a pair of lovers in an erotic scene to a German citizen whose family have now returned it thanks to the Carabinieri of the Cultural Heritage Protection Unit (TPC) of Rome. The work of great cultural interest dates between the mid-last century BC and the 1st century AD. Repatriated from Germany through a diplomatic expedition, the mosaic most likely decorated the floor of a private room reserved for the master of the house. The work is likely from the Vesuvian area, perhaps from a villa in the Pompeian suburbs. The paramilitary personnel of the Cultural Heritage Protection Command in Rome, realizing they were dealing with a work of extraordinary cultural interest and, among other thin

Illustration - Loire Valley

Illustration - Loire Valley

FRANCE - LOIRE VALLEY - LOIR ET CHER (41) - CASTLE OF CHAMBORD : : ROYAL ORATORY. THIS VAULTED ROOM, WHERE ONLY THE ICONIC DECOR OF FRANCOIS 1ER IS NEEDED, IS ABUNDANTLY LIT. WITHOUT A CHIMNEY, IT IS RESERVED FOR THE PRIVATE MEDITATION OF THE SOVEREIGN AND IS INITIALLY ACCESSIBLE BY A SINGLE DOOR, OPENED ON THE GALLERY. ADDED BY FRANCOIS 1ST AFTER THE FINALIZATION OF THE INITIAL PLAN, THE ORATORY CREATES THE ONLY DYSSYMMETRY ON THE LARGE FACADE OF THE CASTLE, SINCE THERE IS NO SIMILAR CONSTRUCTION ON THE SIDE OF THE WING OF THE CHAPEL (WEST WING). Photo by Stephane Compoint/Only France/ABACAPRESS.COM

Russian forces launch massive attack with Shaheds in Odesa region

Russian forces launch massive attack with Shaheds in Odesa region

A burnt-out room is in a house destroyed by a Russian drone attack in the Odesa district, Odesa region, Ukraine, on May 26, 2025 (Photo by Nina Liashonok/Ukrinform)

Behind The Scenes Of The Vatican

Behind The Scenes Of The Vatican

Pope Francis in the private library in the apostolic palace at the Vatican on May 25, 2018. It is the room where the pope attends the private audiences with Kings, Presidents, chiefs of Government, cardinals ... -The grandiose and solemn Apostolic Palace ( palais apostolique ) is a secretive place, forbidden to the public and jealously guarded by the Swiss Guard. It hosts the Holy See administration, the Church's spiritual authorities and before all, the apartments of the Pontiff Sovereign. Photo by Eric Vandeville/ABACAPRESS.COM

Behind The Scenes Of The Vatican

Behind The Scenes Of The Vatican

Cardinals in the Clementine hall at the second floor of the Apostolic Palace, Vatican. - The Clementine Hall was established in the 16th century by Pope Clement VIII in honor of Pope Clement I, the third successor of St. Peter. The Clementine Hall is covered in Renaissance frescoes and valuable works of art. It is used by the pope as a reception room and in some cases, site of various ceremonies and rituals. The Clementine Hall is the chamber in which the body of the pope lies for private visitation by officials of the Vatican upon death. -The grandiose and solemn Apostolic Palace is a secretive place, forbidden to the public and jealously guarded by the Swiss Guard. It hosts the Holy See administration, the Church's spiritual authorities and before all, the apartments of the Pontiff Sovereign. Photo by Eric Vandeville/ABACAPRESS.COM

Behind The Scenes Of The Vatican

Behind The Scenes Of The Vatican

Swiss guards in the Clementine hall at the second floor of the Apostolic Palace, Vatican on November 28, 2002. - The Clementine Hall was established in the 16th century by Pope Clement VIII in honor of Pope Clement I, the third successor of St. Peter. The Clementine Hall is covered in Renaissance frescoes and valuable works of art. It is used by the pope as a reception room and in some cases, site of various ceremonies and rituals. The Clementine Hall is the chamber in which the body of the pope lies for private visitation by officials of the Vatican upon death. -The grandiose and solemn Apostolic Palace is a secretive place, forbidden to the public and jealously guarded by the Swiss Guard. It hosts the Holy See administration, the Church's spiritual authorities and before all, the apartments of the Pontiff Sovereign. Photo by Eric Vandeville/ABACAPRESS.COM

Behind The Scenes Of The Vatican

Behind The Scenes Of The Vatican

Swiss guards in the Clementine hall at the second floor of the Apostolic Palace, Vatican on November 28, 2002. - The Clementine Hall was established in the 16th century by Pope Clement VIII in honor of Pope Clement I, the third successor of St. Peter. The Clementine Hall is covered in Renaissance frescoes and valuable works of art. It is used by the pope as a reception room and in some cases, site of various ceremonies and rituals. The Clementine Hall is the chamber in which the body of the pope lies for private visitation by officials of the Vatican upon death. -The grandiose and solemn Apostolic Palace is a secretive place, forbidden to the public and jealously guarded by the Swiss Guard. It hosts the Holy See administration, the Church's spiritual authorities and before all, the apartments of the Pontiff Sovereign. Photo by Eric Vandeville/ABACAPRESS.COM

Pope Francis Dies Aged 88

Pope Francis Dies Aged 88

File photo - Queen Elizabeth II and her husband Prince Philip met Pope Francis for the first time during a private audience in a room next to the Paul VI auditorium in the Vatican on April 3, 2014. - Pope Francis will celebrate his 10th anniversary of pontificate on March 13. -- Pope Francis died on Easter Monday, April 21, 2025, at the age of 88 at his residence in the Vatican's Casa Santa Marta. Photo by Eric Vandeville/ABACAPRESS.COM

Pope Francis Dies Aged 88

Pope Francis Dies Aged 88

File photo - Queen Elizabeth II and her husband Prince Philip met Pope Francis for the first time during a private audience in a room next to the Paul VI auditorium in the Vatican on April 3, 2014. -- Pope Francis died on Easter Monday, April 21, 2025, at the age of 88 at his residence in the Vatican's Casa Santa Marta. Photo by Eric Vandeville/ABACAPRESS.COM

Biggest Ever Private Bathhouse Found - Pompeii

Biggest Ever Private Bathhouse Found - Pompeii

A large thermal bath complex has been uncovered on January 2025 at the ancient Roman city of Pompeii, Italy, buried by 79 AD eruption of Mount Vesuvius. Pictured: The frigidarium (cold). The private bathhouse built 2,000 years ago, is decorated with sumptuous mosaics and equipped with a series of hot, warm and cold rooms in the manner of a spa.The find was made during excavations of a domus, a private town house, in block (insula) 10 of the Regio IX area of Pompeii. The complex, which is connected to a banquet hall, is one of the largest and most sophisticated thermal baths found at a Pompeian domus. The baths, composed of a calidarium, tepidarium, frigidarium (hot, warm and cold room) and changing room (apodyterium), could accommodate up to thirty people judging by the benches present in the latter room. The archaeologists said the cold room is very impressive, composed of a peristyle, or a porticoed courtyard measuring 10 x 10 meters, at the center of which is a large pool. The members of the ruling class o

Biggest Ever Private Bathhouse Found - Pompeii

Biggest Ever Private Bathhouse Found - Pompeii

A large thermal bath complex has been uncovered on January 2025 at the ancient Roman city of Pompeii, Italy, buried by 79 AD eruption of Mount Vesuvius. Pictured: The praefurnium (the room and the furnace that ensured the heating of the hot or warm premises of the thermae). The private bathhouse built 2,000 years ago, is decorated with sumptuous mosaics and equipped with a series of hot, warm and cold rooms in the manner of a spa. The find was made during excavations of a domus, a private town house, in block (insula) 10 of the Regio IX area of Pompeii. The complex, which is connected to a banquet hall, is one of the largest and most sophisticated thermal baths found at a Pompeian domus. The baths, composed of a calidarium, tepidarium, frigidarium (hot, warm and cold room) and changing room (apodyterium), could accommodate up to thirty people judging by the benches present in the latter room. The archaeologists said the cold room is very impressive, composed of a peristyle, or a porticoed courtyard measuring

Biggest Ever Private Bathhouse Found - Pompeii

Biggest Ever Private Bathhouse Found - Pompeii

A large thermal bath complex has been uncovered on January 2025 at the ancient Roman city of Pompeii, Italy, buried by 79 AD eruption of Mount Vesuvius. Pictured: The frigidarium (cold). The private bathhouse built 2,000 years ago, is decorated with sumptuous mosaics and equipped with a series of hot, warm and cold rooms in the manner of a spa.The find was made during excavations of a domus, a private town house, in block (insula) 10 of the Regio IX area of Pompeii. The complex, which is connected to a banquet hall, is one of the largest and most sophisticated thermal baths found at a Pompeian domus. The baths, composed of a calidarium, tepidarium, frigidarium (hot, warm and cold room) and changing room (apodyterium), could accommodate up to thirty people judging by the benches present in the latter room. The archaeologists said the cold room is very impressive, composed of a peristyle, or a porticoed courtyard measuring 10 x 10 meters, at the center of which is a large pool. The members of the ruling class o

Biggest Ever Private Bathhouse Found - Pompeii

Biggest Ever Private Bathhouse Found - Pompeii

A large thermal bath complex has been uncovered on January 2025 at the ancient Roman city of Pompeii, Italy, buried by 79 AD eruption of Mount Vesuvius. Pictured: The frigidarium (cold). The private bathhouse built 2,000 years ago, is decorated with sumptuous mosaics and equipped with a series of hot, warm and cold rooms in the manner of a spa.The find was made during excavations of a domus, a private town house, in block (insula) 10 of the Regio IX area of Pompeii. The complex, which is connected to a banquet hall, is one of the largest and most sophisticated thermal baths found at a Pompeian domus. The baths, composed of a calidarium, tepidarium, frigidarium (hot, warm and cold room) and changing room (apodyterium), could accommodate up to thirty people judging by the benches present in the latter room. The archaeologists said the cold room is very impressive, composed of a peristyle, or a porticoed courtyard measuring 10 x 10 meters, at the center of which is a large pool. The members of the ruling class o

Biggest Ever Private Bathhouse Found - Pompeii

Biggest Ever Private Bathhouse Found - Pompeii

A large thermal bath complex has been uncovered on January 2025 at the ancient Roman city of Pompeii, Italy, buried by 79 AD eruption of Mount Vesuvius. Pictured: The frigidarium (cold). The private bathhouse built 2,000 years ago, is decorated with sumptuous mosaics and equipped with a series of hot, warm and cold rooms in the manner of a spa.The find was made during excavations of a domus, a private town house, in block (insula) 10 of the Regio IX area of Pompeii. The complex, which is connected to a banquet hall, is one of the largest and most sophisticated thermal baths found at a Pompeian domus. The baths, composed of a calidarium, tepidarium, frigidarium (hot, warm and cold room) and changing room (apodyterium), could accommodate up to thirty people judging by the benches present in the latter room. The archaeologists said the cold room is very impressive, composed of a peristyle, or a porticoed courtyard measuring 10 x 10 meters, at the center of which is a large pool. The members of the ruling class o

Biggest Ever Private Bathhouse Found - Pompeii

Biggest Ever Private Bathhouse Found - Pompeii

A large thermal bath complex has been uncovered on January 2025 at the ancient Roman city of Pompeii, Italy, buried by 79 AD eruption of Mount Vesuvius. Pictured: The frigidarium (cold). The private bathhouse built 2,000 years ago, is decorated with sumptuous mosaics and equipped with a series of hot, warm and cold rooms in the manner of a spa.The find was made during excavations of a domus, a private town house, in block (insula) 10 of the Regio IX area of Pompeii. The complex, which is connected to a banquet hall, is one of the largest and most sophisticated thermal baths found at a Pompeian domus. The baths, composed of a calidarium, tepidarium, frigidarium (hot, warm and cold room) and changing room (apodyterium), could accommodate up to thirty people judging by the benches present in the latter room. The archaeologists said the cold room is very impressive, composed of a peristyle, or a porticoed courtyard measuring 10 x 10 meters, at the center of which is a large pool. The members of the ruling class o

Biggest Ever Private Bathhouse Found - Pompeii

Biggest Ever Private Bathhouse Found - Pompeii

A large thermal bath complex has been uncovered on January 2025 at the ancient Roman city of Pompeii, Italy, buried by 79 AD eruption of Mount Vesuvius. Pictured: The frigidarium (cold). The private bathhouse built 2,000 years ago, is decorated with sumptuous mosaics and equipped with a series of hot, warm and cold rooms in the manner of a spa.The find was made during excavations of a domus, a private town house, in block (insula) 10 of the Regio IX area of Pompeii. The complex, which is connected to a banquet hall, is one of the largest and most sophisticated thermal baths found at a Pompeian domus. The baths, composed of a calidarium, tepidarium, frigidarium (hot, warm and cold room) and changing room (apodyterium), could accommodate up to thirty people judging by the benches present in the latter room. The archaeologists said the cold room is very impressive, composed of a peristyle, or a porticoed courtyard measuring 10 x 10 meters, at the center of which is a large pool. The members of the ruling class o

Biggest Ever Private Bathhouse Found - Pompeii

Biggest Ever Private Bathhouse Found - Pompeii

A large thermal bath complex has been uncovered on January 2025 at the ancient Roman city of Pompeii, Italy, buried by 79 AD eruption of Mount Vesuvius. Pictured: The frigidarium (cold). The private bathhouse built 2,000 years ago, is decorated with sumptuous mosaics and equipped with a series of hot, warm and cold rooms in the manner of a spa.The find was made during excavations of a domus, a private town house, in block (insula) 10 of the Regio IX area of Pompeii. The complex, which is connected to a banquet hall, is one of the largest and most sophisticated thermal baths found at a Pompeian domus. The baths, composed of a calidarium, tepidarium, frigidarium (hot, warm and cold room) and changing room (apodyterium), could accommodate up to thirty people judging by the benches present in the latter room. The archaeologists said the cold room is very impressive, composed of a peristyle, or a porticoed courtyard measuring 10 x 10 meters, at the center of which is a large pool. The members of the ruling class o

Biggest Ever Private Bathhouse Found - Pompeii

Biggest Ever Private Bathhouse Found - Pompeii

A large thermal bath complex has been uncovered on January 2025 at the ancient Roman city of Pompeii, Italy, buried by 79 AD eruption of Mount Vesuvius. Pictured: The apodyterium (the changing room). The private bathhouse built 2,000 years ago, is decorated with sumptuous mosaics and equipped with a series of hot, warm and cold rooms in the manner of a spa.The find was made during excavations of a domus, a private town house, in block (insula) 10 of the Regio IX area of Pompeii. The complex, which is connected to a banquet hall, is one of the largest and most sophisticated thermal baths found at a Pompeian domus. The baths, composed of a calidarium, tepidarium, frigidarium (hot, warm and cold room) and changing room (apodyterium), could accommodate up to thirty people judging by the benches present in the latter room. The archaeologists said the cold room is very impressive, composed of a peristyle, or a porticoed courtyard measuring 10 x 10 meters, at the center of which is a large pool. The members of the r

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