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A definition or brief description of Pompeii.

A Roman city buried by a volcanic eruption A.D. 79. The city is now an important archaeological site.

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	A [[Ancient Rome\|Roman]] city buried ~~beneath~~ [[volcano\|volcanic ~~ash~~]] ~~by [[Mount Vesuvius]] in~~ 79 ~~AD. The [[pyroclastic flow]] buried everything including the [[Temple]] of the [[Greek god\|gods]] [[Apollo]] and [[Jupiter]]~~. The city was lost until in 1592 when it was re-discovered, but [[excavation]] didn't begin in earnest until the eighteenth century. Many bodies of people and animals were discovered in the positions in which they died. The town dates back to the seventh century BC. Today, it is ~~a popular~~ site ~~for tourism in [[Italy]], near the city of [[Naples]]~~.		A [[Ancient Rome\|Roman]] city buried by a [[volcano\|volcanic eruption]] A.D. 79. The city is now an important archaeological site.