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Pompeii

On Friday the 11th, we went to Pompeii. Mount Vesuvious blew up in 79 AD, burying the city of 20,000 under 30 feet of ash. The city was rediscovered in the 1600s and excavation began in the mid 1700s. (two pictures)

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Author Ed HovorkaPosted on September 13, 2009Categories Europe09

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