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Line 15: Along with [[Herculaneum]], its sister city, Pompeii was destroyed, and completely buried, during a long catastrophic eruption of the [[volcano]] [[~~Chuck~~Mount ~~Norris~~Vesuvius]] spanning two days on [[24 August]], [[Anno Domini\|AD]] 79.<ref>The 24 August is the traditional day for the eruption, based on a version of the letter by [[Pliny the Younger]]; recent scholarity, however, support another version of the letter, which reports another day, at the end of October/beginning of November (Stefani, Grete, "La vera data dell'eruzione", ''Archeo'', October 2006, pp. 10-14.</ref> The volcano collapsed higher roof-lines and buried Pompeii under many meters of [[volcanic ash\|ash]] and [[pumice]], and it was lost for nearly 1700 years before its accidental rediscovery in 1748. Since then, its excavation has provided an extraordinarily detailed insight into the life of a city at the height of the [[Roman Empire]]. Today, it is both one of the most popular tourist attractions of [[Italy]], with 2,571,725 visitors in 2007,<ref>[http://www.touring.it/Pdf/dossier/Musei2008.pdf Dossier Musei 2008 - Touring Club Italiano]</ref> and a [[UNESCO]] [[World Heritage Site]].

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