What is the current focus of work at the Herculaneum site?
Excavating more of the site
Preserving the already-excavated portions
Building a museum
Creating a virtual tour
Answer
Today, only a fraction of the ancient site has been excavated. The focus has shifted to preserving the already-excavated portions of the city rather than exposing more.
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