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Statue at the Casa dei Vettii, Pompeii
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Nothing piques human curiosity quite like a mass catastrophe and few can beat the ru-
ins of Pompeii (
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, a once-thriving Roman town frozen in time 2000 years ago in
its death throes. Wander through Roman streets, snooping around the forum, the erotically
frescoed brothel, the 5000-seat theatre and the sumptuous Villa dei Misteri, and ponder
Pliny the Younger's terrifying account of the tragedy: 'Darkness came on again, again
ashes, thick and heavy. We got up repeatedly to shake these off; otherwise we would have
been buried and crushed by the weight'.
