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Join the final chapter of Pompeii’s largest excavation in a generation.
In Pompeii, the biggest dig in a generation reaches its climax with thrilling discoveries.
An excavation in Pompeii unearths new rich finds, and the search is on for survivors.
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The series follows the biggest archaeological excavation in Pompeii for a generation.
The archaeologists unearth a lavishly decorated fresco that looks like a pizza.
The archaeologists discover 2000-year-old workman’s tools, including an ancient pickaxe.
Professor Chris Jackson describes the warning signs in the hours before the eruption in AD 79.
Anthropologist Dr. Valeria Amoretti is carefully excavating the remains of two bodies.
Archaeologists begin excavating a previously untouched area of Pompeii called Insula 10.
The archaeologists discover expensive marble furniture in the atrium of the wealthy house.
Archaeologists in Pompeii begin to reconstruct an elaborate, intricately painted fresco.
Archaeologists begin to restore a fresco depicting the Greek myth of Achilles.
Professor Chris Jackson explains how Pompeiians might have survived the eruption of AD 79.