Explosive history of volcanoes to be charted in Bodleian exhibition
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Vesuvius among the stars in upcoming show at library in Oxford that traces the sometimes fatal allure of volcanoes
Scorched papyrus scrolls, which survived Vesuvius's 79 AD explosion that destroyed the Roman towns of Pompeii and Herculaneum, will be among the star objects in an volcanic exhibition at the Bodleian Library in Oxford next year.
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