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pompeii: the new dig

A new excavation in Pompeii continues to unearth rich discoveries. Professor Steven Tuck of Miami University joins the team to look for evidence of Pompeiians who might have survived the eruption of AD 79.

Episode Duration: 56 minutes and 46 seconds

Episode Number: 102

About 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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