How was the city of Pompeii discovered

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Vivek Takrani · Answer 1 · 2020-02-24T00:30:17+0000

When Mount Vesuvius erupted cataclysmically in the summer of A.D. 79, the nearby Roman town of Pompeii was buried under several feet of ash and rock. The ruined city remained frozen in time until it was discovered by a surveying engineer in 1748

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