Herculaneum ruins, ancient Roman fishing town buried by the eruption of Mount Vesuvius in AD 79, buried under volcanic ash & preserved almost intact.

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Location: Herculaneum, Campania, Italy
Photo credit: © Simon Kirwan / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
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