re: New Fresco in Pompeii

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I didn't know this. Good post.

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They are intentionally going very slowly. The idea is that it’s an utterly unique site, and excavation technology is constantly advancing. So, if they excavate all at once, we could forever “ruin” the site, even though it would sate immediate curiosity. But if we do a small segment at a time, over the course of decades, we likely don’t lose much, and we potentially leave portions pristine for when we have further developed technology.