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In the months and years after the Vesuvius eruption of 79 AD, was any aid offered to Pompeii & Herculaneum? Did no one try to dig up and of the potential treasures buried there? How did these cities become forgotten for 1700 years?

by /u/nthensome in /r/AskHistorians

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