The site was probably already inhabited in the Middle Bronze Age (2,300-2,000 BC). In 79 AD an eruption of Vesuvius killed many of the inhabitants and buried the whole city beneath a rain of ash and cinders. Today, striking evidence of the disaster is revealed in the numerous plaster casts of those who, instead of seeking salvation by fleeing towards the sea, took shelter in their homes, in their storerooms and under the arcades, where they met their death.
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