Thursday, December 2, 2021

Discovery of human remains of victim of Mount Vesuvius eruption provides excuse to share Pompeii photos from 2014

 

Photos by Retiring Guy
New York Times, 12/1/2021
Like Pompeii, its more famous neighbor about eight miles to the southeast, Herculaneum has for centuries been a tangible reminder of the fragility of life and human endeavor. Vesuvius buried them along with several other vibrant towns on the Bay of Naples, erasing them from the landscape in a matter of hours — and preserving them for future discovery.









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