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Pompeii - the Roman city buried by Vesuvius' ashes

In 79 A.D. a violent eruption of Vesuvius volcano destroyed several Roman cities, burying them under thick layers of volcanic ash and conserving much of the structures and artworks. The most famous of it is Pompeii, which has been excavated during the past centuries.

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Plaster casts of the hollows left by bodies of victims found in place in the ruins. When Vesuivus erupted in 79 AD, many inhabitants took a fatal decision to stay in the city, trying to cope with the initial constant fall of pumice. When the first pyroclastic flows invaded the city, the remaining survivors were killed, probably more or less instantly. Their bodies were incorporated into the thick ash and pumice deposits and left hollows when the organic material decomposed away. (Photo: Tom Pfeiffer)

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