Pompeii was once a bustling port nestling under a forbidding mountain.
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Some things though, are best left alone - revealing the secrets hidden beneath the stones could prove perilous.
Now, rediscovered and a world renowned heritage site, archeologists from across the globe yearn for an opportunity to uncover to the town\'s past.
Then in AD79, the mountain erupted, smothering the town under a thick blanket of ash and volcanic debris, leaving it lost for thousands of years.
Pompeii was once a bustling port nestling under a forbidding mountain