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   ocr: the Development of the South, which is interested in using the rich volcanic soil covering Pompeii for land reclamation in the surrounding area. More than 600,000 cubic meters of earth have been taken from the diggings and dumped on the marshes in the valley of the Sarno River and on the slopes of Vesuvius. With this impetus, approximately two thirds of the city's 165,000 acres have now been excavated. We can see much of the life and history of Pompeii in fine and exquisite detail. Pompeii is intimately associated with the history of the Campania district, a region below Rome on the western co ...