Crumbling Pompeii site in "state of emergency"


	Crumbling Pompeii site in "state of emergency"

CrazyRedHead

7-4-2008 11:30 PM

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history, archaeology, travel, italy

CrazyRedHead says:

...the ground above it is being used as an illegal rubbish dump -- a result of the trash crisis in the nearby city of Naples -- and is scattered with tires, fridges and mattresses.

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