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Wide of gulf of Naples and Vesuvius volcano at dawn2. Pan right from gladiators training camp to amphitheatre in ancient Pompeii3. Vesuvius volcano peak4. Various of archaeologists arriving at working site from...\u003c/span\u003e\n\u003cspan class='full-description hide'\u003ePompeii - 1 August 2007\u003cbr/\u003e1. Wide of gulf of Naples and Vesuvius volcano at dawn\u003cbr/\u003e2. Pan right from gladiators training camp to amphitheatre in ancient Pompeii\u003cbr/\u003e3. Vesuvius volcano peak\u003cbr/\u003e4. Various of archaeologists arriving at working site from ancient Via Stabiana\u003cbr/\u003e5. Wide shot of blocks where archaeologists are working\u003cbr/\u003e6. SOUNDBITE: (English) Dr. Steven J.R. Ellis, Australian archaeologist from the University of Cincinnati\u003cbr/\u003e\"What we are really interested in doing is trying to know a little bit more about the the full breath of Pompeii's society. We've done a lot of work here in Pompeii looking at the very rich and grand houses in the city and at how the elites lived. What we have here is a really fantastic opportunity of looking at how everyday people lived, the 98% of people in Pompeii. Because we have very humble dwellings here; we have houses, shops, workshops. All the bits and pieces that make up an ancient city.\"\u003cbr/\u003e7. Pan left from meter to student digging\u003cbr/\u003e8. Students digging a cistern underneath restaurant floor\u003cbr/\u003e9. SOUNDBITE: (English) Peter Diesel,  American student from Minnesota\u003cbr/\u003e\"Its putting together a mystery basically, its putting together like, you find a surface in one spot, and you find a bottom of the wall in another, and maybe this wall is resting on another wall ,and you have all this little bits of evidence that you have to put into a big picture.\"\u003cbr/\u003e10. Students recording data and findings on daily journals and tourists in the background\u003cbr/\u003e11. Wide shot of restaurant excavation trench\u003cbr/\u003e12. Student digging in the restaurant  trench\u003cbr/\u003e13. Tourists sightseeing \u003cbr/\u003e14. Student sieving in the restaurant trench\u003cbr/\u003e15. SOUNDBITE: (English) Jane american student\u003cbr/\u003e\"We work here about eight hours a day and we wake up early in the morning and we go home at about five o'clock and we all make dinner and go to sleep since its very exhausting.\"\u003cbr/\u003e17.  Archaeologist writing data\u003cbr/\u003e18. Various of water-sieving process\u003cbr/\u003e19. SOUNDBITE: (English) Dr Emily Holt, American environmental specialist\u003cbr/\u003e\"(talking about a giraffe's bone found in  the restaurant trench in 2006) We all agree that it is a giraffe's bone, that's obviously an exotic animal. Its getting imported from Africa, probably to be used somehow in the amphitheatre as entertainment, and then, you know, what we are seeing right now is a restaurant, so we are still kind of thinking about the interpretation of that, and we don't know anything definite yet but the possibility might be that the giraffe was killed in the amphitheatre as part of some sort of games and then brought to the restaurant and people decide to try a giraffe and see how it is.\"\u003cbr/\u003e20. Medium shot of student bringing a cow bone found in the trench to Emily Holt \u003cbr/\u003e21. Various of students on lunch break\u003cbr/\u003e22. SOUNDBITE: (English) Nick Taylor, American student from Michigan\u003cbr/\u003e\"Pompeii is like anybody's dream place to work, as far as an archaeology. I mean its incredible, it has such a huge history, just in writing and people talking about it. You know it's great.\"\u003cbr/\u003e23. Nick Taylor reading notes and maps on daily journal\u003cbr/\u003e24. Tilt up from tannery to students\u003cbr/\u003e25. SOUNDBITE: (English) Seo Jun Oh, South Korean student from Seoul\u003cbr/\u003e\"The tank was amazing because there is only two tanneries in Pompeii, and only five tanneries in the entire Roman world. Finding this is just a great experience, but also made me proud being a part of Pompeii and archaeology.\"\u003cbr/\u003e26. Various of archaeologist in front of Stabia gate\u003cbr/\u003e27. Various of findings storage\u003cbr/\u003e28. Dr. Myles McCallum records lucky charm in the shape of a penis \u003cbr/\u003e29. Close up on small lamp\u003cbr/\u003e30. SOUNDBITE: (English) Dr. Myles McCallum, Canadian ceramics specialist from St. Mary University \u003cbr/\u003e\"They all come here with an idea of about what archaeology is going to be, if they've never done it before, some of them think they are going to have toothbrushes and dental picks and they going to be cleaning dirt like this and no find. From they time they start digging they go down grain of sand by grain of sand, and then they get here and they realise that they actually use trowels and pick axes and its fairly hard work, then you get sweaty and dirty.\" \u003cbr/\u003e31. Pan right from students working in restaurant trench to ancient Via Stabiana\u003cbr/\u003eStudents taking part in an archaeological excavation in Italy have been learning what it's like to unearth Roman ruins.\u003cbr/\u003eYoung archaeologists can get first hand experience while working in the ancient city of Pompeii.\u003cbr/\u003eUnder the fertile slopes of mount Vesuvius lie the ruins of the ancient Roman city of Pompeii.\u003cbr/\u003eHere every summer scores of history and archaeology students come to experience what life is like working in one of the world's most famous archaeological sites.\u003cbr/\u003eThe city of Pompeii was buried in a volcanic eruption in A.D. 79, killing thousands of people.\u003cbr/\u003eHowever, a 20-foot-deep (approx. seven metres) cocoon of volcanic ash kept the city virtually intact, providing precious information on domestic life in the ancient world. \u003cbr/\u003eThe students are part of the \"Pompeii Archaeological Research Project: Porta Stabia\", a field school which allows students from Australian, Italian, American and British universities to participate in a five week archaeological excavation.\u003cbr/\u003eOne of the scientists involved in the excavation is Dr. Steven J.R. Ellis, from the University of Cincinnati in the United States.\u003cbr/\u003eHe says they are trying to understand how the vast majority of the city's ordinary residents lived.\u003cbr/\u003eIn the past, a large part of the excavation has focused on how the city's wealthy elite lived.\u003cbr/\u003eUnder the scorching Italian sun the students try to unearth evidence of life was really like all those years ago.\u003cbr/\u003eOne of the students digging is Peter Diesel.\u003cbr/\u003eHe says the work is like putting together a large puzzle that hopefully will reveal a big picture.\u003cbr/\u003eThe students work side by side with archaeologists and researchers, learning some of the latest techniques employed in field.\u003cbr/\u003eDespite the on going work the site is still open to tourists, with an estimated 2.5 million people visiting every year.\u003cbr/\u003eJane is an American student taking part in the dig.\u003cbr/\u003eShe says the work is exhausting.\u003cbr/\u003eNonetheless, 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