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Lost Cities & Archaeology

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Pompeii is buried by Vesuvius79 CEAkrotiri, the Bronze Age Pompeiic. 1600 BCEHiram Bingham reaches Machu PicchuJul 24, 1911Petra is revealed to Europeans1812Howard Carter finds Tutankhamun's tombNov 4, 1922Schliemann digs at Hissarlik1870Farmers find the Terracotta Army1974The Rosetta Stone is found1799The wreck of the Titanic is foundSep 1, 1985Sponge divers find the Antikythera wreck1900