Along with Herculaneum Pompei was destroyed and buried under 4 to 6 metres of ash in the eruption of Mount Vesuvius in 79 AD

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The city of Pompeii was an ancient Roman settlement near modern Naples in the Italian region of Campania. Along with Herculaneum it was destroyed and buried under 4 to 6 metres of ash and pumice in the eruption of Mount Vesuvius in 79 AD.

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Location: Campania, Southern Italy
Photo credit: © John Heseltine / Alamy / Afripics
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