Buried cities . HERMES IN REPOSE. This bronze statue was found in Herculaneum, the city on theother slope of Vesuvius which was buried in liquid mud. Thismud has become solid rock, from sixty to one hundred feet deepso that excavation is very difficult, and the city is still for themost part THE ARCH OF NERO. The visitors to-day are walking where Caius walked so long ago,on the same paving stones. The three stones were set up tokeep chariots out of the forum.

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