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First Pompeii uncovered

source: ANSA | Feb 05, 07 | submitted by Pat Coate

Rome, Italy - The origins of the famed buried city of Pompeii have emerged from years of excavations, an international conference in Rome was told Thursday.

The first Pompeii was not built by the Romans or even by the Greeks who preceded them, but by an ancient people called the Samnites, Pompeii heritage Superintendent Piero Guzzo told a packed audience of archaeologists and scholars.


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"Pompeii has become, once again, a great laboratory for research."
- Fabrizio Pesando, Oriental Institute spokesperson

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