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An Ancient Construction Site Is Discovered in Pompeii

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An Ancient Construction Site Is Discovered in Pompeii

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A Roman construction site discovered during Pompeii excavations may hold secrets to ancient building techniques and recipes for cement.

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Archaeology or archeology[a] is the study of human activity through the recovery and analysis of material culture. The archaeological record consists of artifacts, architecture, biofacts or ecofacts, sites, and cultural landscapes.

Archaeology has various goals, which range from understanding culture history to reconstructing past lifeways to documenting and explaining changes in human societies through time.

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