In 79 C.E., Pompeii, some 14 miles southeast of Naples, was a luxurious resort city. By then it was part of the Roman Empire, though the area had been first settled by the Osci, a central Italian ...

Photo Courtesy of Pompeii Sites May 16 (UPI) -- Archeologists have discovered two skeletons at the site of the Roman city of Pompeii near Naples, Italy.

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Seventeen of Pompeii's 66 hectares (42 of 163 acres) remain unexcavated, buried deep under lava stone. A long-running debate revolves on whether they should stay there.