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By K. Kris Hirst, About.com Guide to Archaeology since 1997

Bourbon Excavations

Wednesday May 11, 2005
In 1738, Charles of Bourbon, King of the Two Sicilies and founder of the House of Bourbon, hired antiquarian Marcello Venuti to work at the sites of Herculaneum and Pompeii.

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