HERCULANEUM.
EXCAVATIONS MAY BE RESUMED,
(BY CABLE—PRESS* ASSOCIATION—COPYRIGHT.) (Sydney "Sun" Service.) LONDON, January 17. The Rome correspondent of the "Daily Mail" says that Mussolini is considering the resumption of the excavations of the ancient city of Herculaneum, destroyed with Pompeii. There have been intermittent excavations since 1719, but with difficulty, the site being covered with solidified volcanic rock.
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Press, Volume LXIII, Issue 18903, 19 January 1927, Page 11
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58HERCULANEUM. Press, Volume LXIII, Issue 18903, 19 January 1927, Page 11
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