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KOMPAS.com – Archaeologists found two remains of victims of the eruption of Mount Vesuvius 2,000 years ago at the ancient site of Pompeii, Campania, Italy on Saturday (11/21/2020).
Reporting from AP NewsOn Saturday (11/21/2020), the remains were found after excavations carried out in the ruins of the village, which is located on the outskirts of Pompeii.
Pompeii authorities said the two bodies found were men. Their bodies were found buried under a 2 meter deep layer of ash.
The two men are believed to have tried to protect themselves from the Vesuvius eruption by hiding in an underground bunker.
“They can seek refuge in cryptoporticus, in this basement, where they think they are better protected, ”said Massimo Osanna, archaeologist and director of the Pompeii Archaeological Site.
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What the writer Luigi Settembrini defined as “the pain of death that takes shape and form” takes shape again in #Pompeii, in the form of men who lost their lives during the eruption, whose traces of agony have remained imprinted in the ashes for 2000 years. pic.twitter.com/SKXG5AM8Iq
– Pompeii Sites (@pompeii_sites) November 21, 2020
The rich man and his slaves
Reporting from ReutersOn Saturday (11/21/2020), the Pompeii site, 23 km southeast of Naples, was home to some 13,000 people when the Vesuvius eruption buried it under ash, pumice gravel and dust.
Remains of the eruption were not found until the 16th century and organized archaeological excavations only began around 1750.
In a statement, Italian Culture Minister Dario Franceschini said the discovery of the two men’s bodies underscored Pompeii’s status as an extraordinary place for research and learning.
Meanwhile, archaeologists suspect that the two male bodies they found were that of a wealthy man and his slave.
Archaeologists have discovered the remains of two men killed in the volcanic eruption that destroyed the ancient Roman city of Pompeii nearly 2,000 years ago.
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A victim in Pompeii of the eruption of Vesuvius, ItalyThe rich man is believed to have been between 30 and 40 years old before he died and still has the mark of a wool robe under his neck.
Meanwhile, the second man, probably 18 to 23 years old before he died, was wearing a tunic and had some spinal damage.
This indicates that he was a hard working slave.
Archaeologists used a special technique to prevent men’s teeth and bones from rotting.
Then the cavities left by the soft tissues are filled with plaster that is allowed to harden and then excavated to reveal the shape of your body.
Vesuvius erupted in AD 79 Magma and poisonous gas have killed nearly 2,000 people in the cities of Pompeii and Herculaneum.
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