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Garden of the Fugitives

Perhaps the most vivid and heart-wrenching site in Pompeii is the Garden of the Fugitives. Here, archaeologists found 13 almost perfectly preserved bodies, buried in ash. Among the 13 were entire families with children that were caught by surprise by the eruption while fleeing Pompeii, headed towards the sea. Believed to be one of the…