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In Pompeii, the biggest dig in a generation reaches its climax with thrilling discoveries.
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An excavation in Pompeii unearths new rich finds, and the search is on for survivors.
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At Pompeii, in the biggest dig in a generation, archaeologists excavate a new city block.
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Volcanologist Professor Chris Jackson discovers evidence of the deadly pyroclastic flow.
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Pompeii’s director, Dr. Gabriel Zuchtriegel, reveals painted frescoes on black walls.
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The archaeologists discover expensive marble furniture in the atrium of the wealthy house.
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Professor Steven Tuck begins pioneering research looking for potential eruption survivors.
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Professor Chris Jackson explains how Pompeiians might have survived the eruption of AD 79.
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Archaeologists begin to restore a fresco depicting the Greek myth of Achilles.
