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I visited Pompeii and Herculanium last year. The thing you don't get by reading books about Pompeii is just how absolutely massive it was. It is HUGE. You are t
by memsom 2y ago
I visited Pompeii and Herculanium last year. The thing you don't get by reading books about Pompeii is just how absolutely massive it was. It is HUGE. You are talking a small city. I believe we were also told that something like 1/3 of it is still buried - if not 1/3, a large percentage. Herculanium is less impressive, but it is still a reasonable sized place.
- mullen 2y agoTwo things I took away from visiting Pompeii that I did not know from reading books and watch History Channel videos. Like you said, Pompeii was pretty large and it was covered with a lot of pumice and ash. There are a couple of places where the pumice and ash is 30 - 40 feet above the houses and all of that fell within a couple of days.