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DO I STAY? DO I GO? "Most people think (the eruption) happened quick,” Jared Benton, a professor of classical archaeology at Old Dominion University, told McClatchy News. The eruption in 79 A.D. actually took place over two days, giving Pompeii residents roughly a day to escape but still killing over 1,000 people. The ruins catch people “in the act of making hard decisions.” Pompeii — an ‘endless treasure trove’ — is in a ‘golden age’ of research. What’s new? | Miami Herald