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n. - Ancient city southeast of Naples that was buried by a volcanic eruption from Vesuvius.

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  • pompeii can be found at archaeology. org/interactive/pompeii.
  • I chose to build a pompeii style oven, which is the traditional Italian style.
  • The pompeii episode was pretty good and had some of the best CGI in Dr Who so far.
  • © 2005 by the Archaeological Institute of America www. archaeology.org/0509/reviews/pompeii. html
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