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Abandoned and rusting old jeep. (Photo: Tom Pfeiffer)
Abandoned and rusting old jeep. (Photo: Tom Pfeiffer)
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Image found in Dallol Dec 2010: ghost town & potash factory
Remnants of prehistoric houses beneach Roman and Greek ruins - 4000 years of building history is revealed here. In deeper strata, even older findings indicate that the place had been inhabited for at least 6000 years. (Photo: Tom Pfeiffer)
Remnants of prehistoric houses beneach Roman and Greek ruins - 4000 years of building history is revealed here. In deeper strata, even older findings indicate that the pl...
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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)

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 ...
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Wall painting in the House of Mysteries in Pompeii (Casa dei Misteri) (Photo: Tom Pfeiffer)
Wall painting in the House of Mysteries in Pompeii (Casa dei Misteri) (Photo: Tom Pfeiffer)
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Remnant of an oval house, about 4000 years old, at the castle of Lipari (Photo: Tom Pfeiffer)
Remnant of an oval house, about 4000 years old, at the castle of Lipari (Photo: Tom Pfeiffer)
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Small house at the Diavatis garden - a small depression below the summit where there are remains of an old farm settlement. (c)
Small house at the Diavatis garden - a small depression below the summit where there are remains of an old farm settlement. (c)
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Rusting remnants of an old truck at Dallol, Ethiopia (Photo: Tom Pfeiffer)
Rusting remnants of an old truck at Dallol, Ethiopia (Photo: Tom Pfeiffer)
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Approaching the old settlement at Dallol where the potash factory was located, in use until the 1970s. The ruins are visible in the background. (Photo: Tom Pfeiffer)
Approaching the old settlement at Dallol where the potash factory was located, in use until the 1970s. The ruins are visible in the background. (Photo: Tom Pfeiffer)
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Ruins of miners' houses made of salt bricks at Dallol hydrothermal field, Ethiopia (Photo: Tom Pfeiffer)
Ruins of miners' houses made of salt bricks at Dallol hydrothermal field, Ethiopia (Photo: Tom Pfeiffer)
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