Pompeii: The New Dig

Follow the most extensive archaeological excavation in Pompeii for a generation. Nearly two years in the making, with exclusive access to the dig and the all-Italian team of archaeologists, the series follows the excavation of an entire city block, unearthing what life was like in Pompeii before the eruption and the horror faced by the victims, and those who survived, when Vesuvius erupted in AD 79.

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The Black Frescoes

Discovering a 3D Snake

A Deadly Pyroclastic Flow Hits Pompeii

Ceiling Fresco

Achilles Restoration

Marble At No Expense

Stay or Flee

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