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This Town in Iceland Is a Modern Pompeii - Smithsonian

Published on: Friday 27 January 2017

SmithsonianThis Town in Iceland Is a Modern PompeiiSmithsonianWhat if you could visit Pompeii or Herculaneum and meet the inhabitants who fled the horrific volcanic eruption of Mt. Vesuvius in 79 C.E. and decided to come back, dig out their old houses from under tons of pumice, and bring the towns back to life?

News source: http://www.smithsonianmag.com/travel/Vestmannaeyjar-pompeii-iceland-180961821/

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