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<blockquote data-quote="moreluck" data-source="post: 3696739" data-attributes="member: 1246"><p>August 24, 79</p><p> After centuries of dormancy, Mount Vesuvius erupts in southern Italy, devastating the prosperous Roman cities of <a href="https://www.history.com/topics/ancient-history/pompeii" target="_blank"><u>Pompeii</u></a> and Herculaneum and killing thousands. The cities, buried under a thick layer of volcanic material and mud, were never rebuilt and largely forgotten in the course of history. In the 18th century, Pompeii and Herculaneum were rediscovered and excavated, providing an unprecedented archaeological record of the everyday life of an ancient civilization, startlingly preserved in sudden death.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="moreluck, post: 3696739, member: 1246"] August 24, 79 After centuries of dormancy, Mount Vesuvius erupts in southern Italy, devastating the prosperous Roman cities of [URL='https://www.history.com/topics/ancient-history/pompeii'][U]Pompeii[/U][/URL] and Herculaneum and killing thousands. The cities, buried under a thick layer of volcanic material and mud, were never rebuilt and largely forgotten in the course of history. In the 18th century, Pompeii and Herculaneum were rediscovered and excavated, providing an unprecedented archaeological record of the everyday life of an ancient civilization, startlingly preserved in sudden death. [/QUOTE]
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