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# The Final Hours
- URL: https://www.cascadepbs.org/show/pompeii-the-new-dig/episode/episode-3-9b2tg7/
- Published: 2024-05-29T13:45:23.000Z
- Updated: 2025-09-01T04:33:20.000Z
- Description: In Pompeii, the biggest dig in a generation reaches its climax with thrilling discoveries.
- Author: Cascade PBS Staff
- Tags: Pompeii: The New Dig, Season 1, Episode 3, #ZZZ_Episode_8a4327eb-98a2-4a69-89ba-a5c43a56e261, #episode, #ZZZ_Show_08317354-6401-4583-b8d0-525c32306abd, #geo-us, #v1.16

In Pompeii, the excavation of a wealthy villa, bakery and laundry reaches its climax. Chilling revelations about what people were doing in the final terrifying hours in AD 79 are revealed. As the eruption began to subside, were they over the worst?