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Social media favourites, Pompeii's cats star in new photo book

The book collects photos of the roughly fifty cats living in Pompeii's Archaeological Park, which thousands of visitors photograph every year; the ruins are just the backdrop.

On air: Chip Darnell and Vera Bullock on BBN This Morning
Published 7:46 AM ET, Friday, October 16, 2026

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First reported by Euronews: “Social media favourites, Pompeii's cats star in new photo book”.
Covered on BBN on Friday, October 16, 2026, at 7:46 AM ET on BBN This Morning, by Chip Darnell and Vera Bullock.

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Chip Darnell · U.S. News AnchorThe cats of Pompeii are now book stars, with a new photo collection of the roughly fifty who live among the ruins, and I am thrilled for every single one of them.

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