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Change:  American collaboration between the Soprintendenza Archeologica di Pompeii,Pompei, the region of Campania and the University of Maryland. The RAS is a non profit making organisation whose prime goal is to excavate, restore and build an archaeological park at the ancient site of Stabiae.   View changes from previous version. (Word count: 268)

Change: Re-discoveryExcavations began in Stabiae in 1749, one year after those at Pompeii and eleven after those at Herculaneum. The excavations were directed by Rocque Joaquín de Alcubierre under the auspices of Charles de Bourbon. Alcubierre, together with Karl Weber, worked on the excavation of the Villa   View changes from previous version. (Word count: 213)

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Change: by Rocque Joaquín de Alcubierre under the auspices of Charles de Bourbon. Alcubierre, together with Karl Weber, worked on the excavation of the Villa San Marco between 1749 and 1754, laterly extending the excavation to cover the Villa of the Shepherd. The site expanded between   View changes from previous version. (Word count: 211)

Change: Herculaneum.Herculaneum. The excavations were directed by Cavaliere Rocco de Alcubierre under the auspices of Charles de Bourbon. Alcubierre, together with Karl Weber, worked on the excavation of the Villa San Marco between 1749 and 1754, laterly extending the excavation to cover the Villa of the Shepherd.Shepherd.   View changes from previous version. (Word count: 211)

Change: basically four main areas:an atrium with adjoining rooms dating from the late-Republican period;servants quarters and baths;rooms opening off the summer dining room dating from the reign of Nero;a large courtyard which was added on during the Flavian period.There was also a   View changes from previous version. (Word count: 957)

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Change: up by Karl Weber. In 1782 the excavated buildings were re-buried.After the Bourbon excavations, there were only occasional discoveries. Perhaps just as well, as the illustration on the right shows that excavation techniques at that time left a lot to be desired. Systematic excavations began after   View changes from previous version. (Word count: 956)

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