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Similarly, there are large sections of Pompeii, which remain unexcavated -- left for the future.

Herculaneum, where these scrolls are from, is 75% unexcavated! And it will likely remain this way for some time, as Naples sits right on top of it.

The town of Ercolano sits on top of it. Of course effectively it’s a suburb of Naples these days