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Pompeii: The New Dig
Eruption
Volcanologist Professor Chris Jackson describes the warning signs in the hours before the eruption in AD 79. He then explains how the eruption blew the top of Mount Vesuvius clean off, sending a column of ash and rock high into the sky.
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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.