THE CITY OF POMPEII
BY MAKADDE MALE
AND TAYLAH BALDI
Why is Pompeii a tourist attraction?
When was it destroyed and rediscovered?
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What year was Pompeii destroyed?
Pompeii was destroyed on 24th of August, 79 AD.
When was it rediscovered?
Pompeii was originally founded in the 16th – 17thcentury but was not
taken seriously. But Giuseppe Fiorelli (Italy’s most acclaimed archaeologist) founded
the city in the late 19th century.