Comment by memsom

I visited Pompeii and Herculanium last year. The thing you don't get by reading books about Pompeii is just how absolutely massive it was. It is HUGE. You are talking a small city. I believe we were also told that something like 1/3 of it is still buried - if not 1/3, a large percentage. Herculanium is less impressive, but it is still a reasonable sized place.