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Description: A couple thousand years ago, a mountain in southern Italy exploded, taking the Roman citizens below by surprise. Until that moment, the residents of Pompeii and Herculaneum thought Vesuvius was just another mountain. But when the big one hit in 79 A.D., it transformed several coastal cities into a time-capsule of hot ash and mud—the remnants of which archeologists continue to sift through to this day. One of the most significant finds, a library at Herculaneum, also has been one of the most di
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