Stage 12 Culture Quiz

Most Pompeians were killed in the eruption of Vesuvius.

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People found that they could dig out their homes and start life in Pompeii again.

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People immediately rebuilt Pompeii.

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In the Middle Ages nobody knew where the site of Pompeii was.

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Early excavations in 1594 took place to find treasures and sell them.

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Systematic excavations of Pompeii started in the nineteenth century.

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Most of the fragile items originally excavated from Pompeii may now be found at the National Museum of Naples.

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The bones of skeletons have been excavated in Pompeii.

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Plaster casts of bodies were made in Herulaneum.

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Even today the houses uncovered give us a detailed view of everyday life at the moment of the eruption.

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