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World Service,10 Dec 2002,28 mins

Herculaneum

Heritage

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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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