However, over time, excavation projects fell by the wayside and the city faded in collective memory to a mere point on a map ... Once Italy was unified in 1861 and the Pompeii archaeological ...

Mount Vesuvius is the only active volcano left on Europe's mainland, while Pompeii, which fell victim to one of Mount Vesuvius' eruptions in A.D. 79, is a UNESCO World Heritage city that was ...