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Two people at the center of a film set, with a camera person and a boom mic at the edges — Provided/National Geographic Cornell archaeologist Caitie Barrett is a guide to daily life in the ancient Roman world on Pompeii: Out of Time, a three-episode recreation of the famous disaster set to air on National Geographic July 22 at 8 p.m./7 p.m. C. It starts streaming July 23 on Disney+ and Hulu.

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