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How Does Pompeii Maintain Its Ruins? Hungry Sheep.

December 22, 2022December 24, 2022JASON HOROWITZComments Off on How Does Pompeii Maintain Its Ruins? Hungry Sheep.
The archaeological park of Pompeii has found a low-tech way to prevent the site from being overrun by vegetation: hungry sheep.
Tagged Archaeology and Anthropology, Grass, Mount Vesuvius (Italy), Pompeii (Italy), Sheep, Travel and Vacations, Volcanoes, Weeds
JASON HOROWITZ
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