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  1. Two thousand years after Mount Vesuvius buried it under six meters of ash, Pompeii remains one of the most visited archaeological sites on earth—and one of the most persistently haunted. #pompeii #ghosts #romanempire youtu.be/2qu0wu5hqeM

  2. In 79 AD, the #ancient #city of #Herculaneum was #overwhelmed and #buried by multiple #pyroclasticflows resulting from a devastating #eruption of Mount #Vesuvius. The city's everyday environment was abruptly #encased in #solidrock, allowing #organicmaterials to be #preserved better than in #Pompeii. These include the #Herculaneumpapyri (see ref).
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    ref
    S. Ceccarelli et al. (2025)
    doi.org/10.1038/s41598-025-199

    #illustrations
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  3. RE: social.uibk.ac.at/@uniinnsbruc

    The #ancient #Roman #city of #Pompeii at the Gulf of #Naples offers remarkably #wellpreserved #insights into #dailylife before it was buried by Mount #Vesuvius in 79 AD. G. Sürmelihindi et al. (2026) investigated the #carbonate #incrustations in the #baths, the #aqueduct, and in #wells, with the latter being replaced by the penultimate as #technical #improvement. The periodicity of #δ13C variations from wells and republican #pools indicated poor #hygienicconditions.
    ©this text #StefanFWirth 2026

  4. Hygienic conditions in Pompeii’s early baths were poor: Limescale deposits in wells, pipes, and bathing facilities provide information about Pompeii's ancient water supply 👉 press.uni-mainz.de/hygienic-co

    #WaterManagement #Pompeii #geoarchaeology #carbonate #geosciences #geoscience