Word: pompeil
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...with all the magnificence characteristic of the late Empire. In the sixth century when the splendor and power of Rome had largely disappeared, Leptis Magna was deserted by its inhabitants and for a number of centuries stood exposed to the desert sands which finally covered it almost entirely. As Pompeil had been covered and preserved by the ashes of Mt. Vesuvius, so Leptis Magna was kept unimpaired by the sands of the Sahara...
...Excursion by sightseeing auto with guide to Pompeil and Vesuvius...
...with an incised design; a small candelabrum; a ladle with a handle ending in two swans' heads; a razor and other utensils. The rest of the collection includes a large fragment of mosaic decorated with a comic mask and a model of a lock and key found at Pompeil...
...Classical Club. A Decade of Excavation at Pompeil. (Illustrated with the Stereopticon.) Professor Francis W. Kelsey, of University of Michigan. Fogg Lecture Room...
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