On typical summer afternoon on August 24th, 79 A.D., the beautiful Roman city of Pompeii had suffered a severe volcanic eruption. ... Because the local population was completely unprepared, about 16000 people died from the disaster, which was four-fifth of the city population. ... Since then, the city of Pompeii was forgotten by the world for 1700 years, until it was rediscovered in 1748, when construction workers were working on the summer palace renovation for the king of Naples (Wallace). ...

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