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Herculaneum

Buried by Mount Vesuvius in AD 79 and now crumbling apart. Can Herculaneum be saved?

"Until recently conservation was only an accessory to excavation and art history" says archaeologist Gionata Rizzi.

Presented by Malcolm Billings

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29 minutes

麻豆社 World Service Archive

This programme was restored as part of the World Service archive project