Article: A Volcanic Venue.(Society and the Arts; ARCHEOLOGY)(Pompeii, overcrowding)

Byline: Barbie Nadeau

To reduce overcrowding at Pompeii, officials propose limiting visitors and renting out the ruins.

The excavated rooms of the Fullonica of Stephanus wool factory are home to some of Pompeii's best-preserved artifacts. Against one wall, terra-cotta basins used to wash wool in a mixture of water and urine--a winning formula before soap was developed--offer a rare glimpse of Pompeian life before the disastrous eruption of Mount Vesuvius in A.D. 79. But on a recent April morning, these stunning rooms were nearly the site of another explosion: a group of French tourists on the way out collided with some Germans trying to enter through the ...

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