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It covers a total area of approximately 22 hectares (54.4 acres), a third of which is still buried under ash. 0.900

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Simplified: Pompeii covers approximately 22 hectares a third of which is still buried under ash.

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10 months ago
Pompeii, a UNESCO World Heritage Site, is Italy's second most-visited tourist spot after the Colosseum in Rome, with some 4.17 million visitors last year. 0.900

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Simplified: Pompeii is Italy's second most-visited tourist spot after the Colosseum with 4.17 million visitors last year.

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10 months ago
Volcanic ash buried the Roman city, perfectly preserving the homes, public buildings, objects and even the people until its discovery in the late 16th century. 0.900

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Simplified: Volcanic ash buried Pompeii preserving it until its discovery in the late 16th century.

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10 months ago
Archaeologists estimate that 15-20% of Pompeii's population died in the eruption, mostly from thermal shock as a giant cloud of gases and ash covered the city. 0.900

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Simplified: Archaeologists estimate 15-20% of Pompeii's population died in the eruption from thermal shock.

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10 months ago
"The momentous episode of the city's destruction in 79 AD has monopolized the memory," said Zuchtriegel. 0.900

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Simplified: Zuchtriegel said the city's destruction in 79 AD has monopolized the memory.

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10 months ago
Evidence that the site was reoccupied had been detected in the past, but in the rush to access Pompeii's colorful frescoes and still-intact homes, "the faint traces of the site's reoccupation were lit... 0.900

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Simplified: Evidence of Pompeii's reoccupation was detected but traces were removed without documentation.

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"Thanks to the new excavations, the picture is now clearer: post-79 Pompeii reemerges, more than a city, a precarious and grey agglomeration, a kind of camp, a favela among the still recognizable ruin... 0.900

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Simplified: Gabriel Zuchtriegel said post-79 Pompeii reemerges as a precarious agglomeration after new excavations.

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10 months ago
While some life returned to the upper floors of the old houses, the former ground floors were converted into cellars with ovens and mills. 0.900

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Simplified: Life returned to upper floors ground floors converted into cellars ovens mills

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Archaeologists believe they were joined by others looking for a place to settle and hoping to find valuable items left by Pompeii's earlier residents in the rubble. 0.700

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Simplified: Archaeologists believe others joined survivors looking for settlement and valuables

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10 months ago
"Judging by the archaeological data, it must have been an informal settlement where people lived in precarious conditions, without the infrastructure and services typical of a Roman city," before the... 0.800

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Simplified: Archaeological data suggests informal settlement precarious conditions no infrastructure before abandonment in fifth century

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Despite the massive destruction suffered by Pompeii, an ancient Roman city home to more than 20,000 people before the eruption, some survivors who could not afford to start a new life elsewhere are be... 0.800

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Simplified: Pompeii suffered massive destruction some survivors returned because they could not afford a new life

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Archaeologists have discovered new evidence pointing to the reoccupation of Pompeii following the 79 AD eruption of Mount Vesuvius that left the city in ruins, the directors of the famous site said We... 0.900

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Simplified: Archaeologists discovered new evidence Pompeii reoccupation after 79 AD Mount Vesuvius eruption directors said Wednesday

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The continuing discoveries at Pompeii 0.900

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Simplified: Discoveries at Pompeii are continuing

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New evidence at Pompeii shows survivors of Mount Vesuvius eruption returned to live in "precarious conditions" 0.900

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Simplified: New evidence shows Pompeii eruption survivors returned to precarious conditions

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New evidence at Pompeii shows survivors of Mount Vesuvius eruption returned to live in "precarious conditions" 0.900

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Simplified: Evidence shows Pompeii eruption survivors returned to precarious conditions

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In February, paintings depicting Dionysus, the Greek god of wine, were discovered. 0.900

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Simplified: Paintings depicting Dionysus were discovered in Pompeii in February

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In April, life-sized statues of a man and a woman were discovered in a tomb at the site. 0.900

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Simplified: Life-sized statues of a man and a woman were discovered in a tomb in Pompeii in April

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It covers a total area of approximately 22 hectares (54.4 acres), a third of which is still buried under ash. 0.900

👤 The author 📋 News Article 🏷️ History , Geography

Simplified: Pompeii covers approximately 22 hectares a third of which is still buried under ash

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Volcanic ash buried the Roman city, perfectly preserving the homes, public buildings, objects and even the people until its discovery in the late 16th century. 0.900

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Simplified: Volcanic ash buried Pompeii preserving homes buildings objects people until its discovery in the late 16th century

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10 months ago
Pompeii, a UNESCO World Heritage Site, is Italy's second most-visited tourist spot after the Colosseum in Rome, with some 4.17 million visitors last year. 0.900

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Simplified: Pompeii is Italy's second most-visited tourist spot after the Colosseum with 4.17 million visitors last year

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10 months ago