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The Fires of Vesuvius: Pompeii Lost and Found Poetry_Gift_Guide Notes on an Execution isPompeii is the most famous archaeological site in the world, visited by more than two million people each year. Yet it is also one of the most puzzling, with an intriguing and sometimes violent history, from the sixth century BCE to the present day. This book shows us how much more and less there is to Pompeii than a city frozen in time as it went about its business on 24 August 79.