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Pompeii

Roman city near Naples buried under 4-6m of ash and pumice when Vesuvius erupted in 79 CE, freezing a complete cross-section of Roman urban life - homes, shops, brothels, graffiti, even the plaster-cast final poses of victims - the only site anywhere that preserves an entire ancient city this intact.

Dated events and their evidence

• 79 CE mainstream
  destruction by the eruption of Mount Vesuvius source
• 1763 CE mainstream
  formal identification of the buried city source

Where

40.7500° N, 14.4861° E

Sources

• https://doi.org/10.32859/kadmos/8/365-393
• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pompeii

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