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Rediscovery of Pompeii


   Rediscovery of Pompeii


  Romaster
 4//09
 

Pompeii and the nearby town of Herculaneum were forgotten after the 79 AD eruption covered both locales in many layers of ash.

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  melintur
 4//09
 

The ruins of Herculaneum were discovered by workmen engaged in building a palace for the King of Naples, Charles of Bourbon, in 1738.

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