LSE1066235 The Excavation of Pompeii, under the direction of the Inspector Fiorelli, illustration from \'Pompei et les Pompeiens\', by Edouard Charton, 1864 (engraving) by Bayard, Emile Antoine (1837-91) (after); (add.info.: The city of Pompeii was an ancient Roman town-city near modern Naples in the Italian region of Campania, in the territory of the comune of Pompei. Pompeii, along with Herculaneum and many villas in the surrounding area, was mostly destroyed and buried under 4 to 6 m (13 to 20 ft) of ash and pumice in the eruption of Mount Vesuvius in 79 AD. Giuseppe Fiorelli (1823??896) was an Italian archaeologist. His excavations at Pompeii helped preserve the city.); Photo 穢 Leonard de Selva.