Wilhelmina Feemster Jashemski
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Emeritus Professor of Ancient History, University of Maryland, College Park. Author of Letters from Pompeii and numerous other works based on her excavations at Pompeii.
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Pompeii, preserved ancient Roman city in Campania, Italy, 14 miles (23 km) southeast of Naples, at the southeastern base of Mount Vesuvius. Around noon on August 24, 79 ce, a huge eruption from Mount Vesuvius showered Pompeii with volcanic debris, followed the next day by clouds of blisteringly hot…
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