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  2. Pompeii - Wikipedia

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    Pompeii (/ p ɒ m ˈ p eɪ (i)/ ⓘ pom-PAY(-ee), Latin: [pɔmˈpei̯.iː]) was a city in what is now the municipality of Pompei, near Naples, in the Campania region of Italy.Along with Herculaneum, Stabiae, and many surrounding villas, the city was buried under 4 to 6 m (13 to 20 ft) of volcanic ash and pumice in the eruption of Mount Vesuvius in 79 AD.

  3. Temple of Isis (Pompeii) - Wikipedia

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    The Temple of Isis sustained significant damage from the earthquake that affected Pompeii in the first century. [21] Although early excavators of Pompeii found nearly all of the Forum's buildings in disrepair or even in shambles, they discovered that Temple of Isis had been fully restored at some time between 62 CE and the eruption of Mount ...

  4. Pompei - Wikipedia

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    Pompei (Italian:; Neapolitan: Pumpeje [pumˈbɛːjə]), in English also Pompeii (/ p ɒ m ˈ p eɪ (i)/ pom-PAY(-ee), as in the name of the ancient city) is a city and commune in the Metropolitan City of Naples, Italy, home of the ancient Roman ruins of Pompeii that are part of the UNESCO World Heritage Sites.

  5. DNA analysis upends long-held assumptions about Pompeii ... - AOL

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    Excavations first began to unearth the forgotten city in 1748, but it wasn’t until 1863 that archaeologist Giuseppe Fiorelli developed a method to make plaster casts of some of the Pompeii victims.

  6. Travel: Remarkable artifacts reveal Pompeii history in ... - AOL

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    As impressive as the artifacts are, the exhibit also gives visitors a much larger perspective about what Pompeii looks like today and what the entire town would have looked like 2,000 years ago ...

  7. Temple of Apollo (Pompeii) - Wikipedia

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    The Temple of Apollo in Pompeii. Mount Vesuvius is to the far left.. The Temple of Apollo, also known as the Sanctuary of Apollo, is a Roman temple built in 120 BC and dedicated to the Greek and Roman god Apollo in the ancient Roman town of Pompeii, southern Italy. [1]

  8. Ancient Roman site of Pompeii is about to ‘expand’ - AOL

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    Pompeii, the ancient Roman city is set to expand. ... where the remains of horses were discovered in 2018, ... and a four-kilometer accessible loop of Pompeii created for people with reduced mobility.

  9. House of the Greek Epigrams - Wikipedia

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    The first of the home's rooms were discovered in April 1748 during the very first days of the excavation of Pompeii. More of its rooms were unearthed in late 1875 - 1876 and additional excavations were conducted in 1908.