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Pink Floyd or Pompeii?

Thirty Minutes in a Buried City

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Joseph Pickett
Feb 26, 2026
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I had thirty minutes in Pompeii in the rain.

Ninety had been allotted for the lost city, and even that felt like a theft. Our group paused for a biology and photo break.

The frescoes were stunning.

But…

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