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What still lies beneath Pompeii

A craftsman restores a 2,000-year-old mosaic in the entrance hall of the House of Paquius Proculus in Pompeii. Between 15%-25% of the ancient city remains unexcavated.

2024-07-16  1073  困难

“When they dug [the city] out, they created a kind of cliff edge of that volcanic debris,” Ellis says, adding that landslides and cave-ins have occurred along previously excavated areas, causing international outcry. “So they're restoring those and shoring those up, and to do that, they've had to excavate a bit of the edge.”

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