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Herculaneum was destroyed by a pyroclastic flow killing all remaining inhabitants due to the intense heat (500°C). It was buried by successive flows and ash to a depth of up to 25m.
Because of the initial intense heat and the subsequent burial, Herculaneum is one of the few places where the wooden interiors and furniture of roman houses has been preserved intact (although carbonised). There are household shrines, beds, screens, balconies, doors all preserved so that the finest of detail can still be seen.
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