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Both Pompeii in Italy and Loulan in China became lost civilizations about 2,000 years ago.Pompeii was (1) ______ in the 8th century BC and was taken over by the Romans in 89BC.On 24th Aug,AD 79,Mount Vesuvius (2) ______ and the city was buried alive.Then the city was forgotten for many years until the 18th century when a farmer found a stone with (3) ______ on it.People started to dig in the area for (4) ______ ,causing much damage.
Today,everything is kept as it was before,streets with stepping (5) ______ along the road so you don't have to step in the mud on rainy days,the dead bodies turned to stone.Loulan,a (6) ______ city,was a stopping point on the Silk Road.It (7) ______ under the sand.There are just a few ruins left.Some treasures,such as coins and painted (8) ______ ,were found.