Restorers work to preserve frescoes in one of Pompeii’s grandest Roman houses

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   Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorRestorers are working on the frescoes in one of Pompeii's grandest Roman houses, nearly two thousand years after Vesuvius buried the city, Euronews reports.

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   Vera Bullock · Co-AnchorA house that survived a volcano and is finally getting its moment. I'm calling it a long-awaited reveal.

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   Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorIt's the House of Marcus Fabius Rufus, four storeys, believed to have belonged to a wealthy Roman magistrate.

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   Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorIt's been closed to the public since nineteen eighty, the AP says.

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   Vera Bullock · Co-AnchorI assume the brochure says, quote, intimate, uncrowded, no foot traffic since nineteen eighty.

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   Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorThe work costs one point four million euros, and a private sponsor is paying all of it.

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   Vera Bullock · Co-AnchorA partnership, not a donation. Frank Hoefer, German entrepreneur, read one book by the superintendent and wrote a one point four million euro review.

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   Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorOne book.

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   Vera Bullock · Co-AnchorI have a podcast, Hank. Nobody has offered me one euro.

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    Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorThe superintendent says the site won't raise its ticket above a symbolic one euro because of sponsors.

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    Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorOne euro for the grandest house in Pompeii. Your podcast is free, and it's still the harder sell.