If you've never visited the ancient ruins of the city of Pompeii in Italy, it is an ongoing archaeological site. Mount Vesuvius erupted in 79 A.D. showering Pompeii and Herculaneum with ash and superheated gas, killing all the inhabitants of both places. Today, the site is continually and painstakingly being excavated. That means that there are still many secrets left to reveal and the most recent was of two men in a home when Vesuvius erupted.
(Courtesy Soprintendenza Archeologica di Pompei)Plaster casts, Civita Giuliana, Italy
Archaeologists Find More Vesuvius Victims in Ancient Pompeii
By JARRETT A. LOBELL, Archeaology.org
In the ruins of a luxurious villa overlooking the Bay of Naples at Civita Giuliana, half a mile northwest of Pompeii, archaeologists recently discovered the remains of two men killed by the eruption of Mount Vesuvius in A.D. 79.
The researchers were able to create highly accurate casts of the men’s bodies, including details of the clothing they wore while trying to flee the surge of superheated gas and ash that raced through their home on the eruption’s second morning. One man, who showed signs of having performed repetitive physical labor, was between 18 and 25 years of age and wore a short wool tunic. The other was between 30 and 40 and wore both a wool tunic and a mantle, perhaps indicating that he was of higher status.
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