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Herculaneum

Herculaneum

As our Med Cruise continues in Naples, it’s time for another excursion. Pompeii was destroyed by the eruption of Mt. Vesuvius in the year 79. Although the same eruption devastated Herculaneum – instead of hot lava – the town was engulfed in a river of mud flowing down from its slopes, preserving it for centuries. Click […]