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The Italian Ministry of Antiquities announced the discovery of the remains of two well-preserved bodies of two men who died burned to death as a result of the volcanic explosion that destroyed the ancient Roman city of Pompeii in 79 AD.
Perhaps one of the two men was of high level, and his age ranges between thirty and forty, since he still had traces of a woolen cloak under his neck, which he was wearing, according to the agency “Reuters”.
The second, aged 18 to 23, wore a jacket and had several broken back vertebrae, indicating that he was a slave doing heavy work.
Archaeologists found the remains of the bodies in the city of “Civita Guiliana”, which is located northwest of the ancient city of Pompeii.
Archaeologists noted that the bones and teeth of the two legs were preserved, while the voids in their soft tissues were filled in with plaster that had hardened, and then excavated to reveal the epics of the two bodies.
“Perhaps the two victims were looking for a safe haven, when the lava currents washed them away around 9 am,” said Masimo Osana, director of the archaeological site.
Osana added that the cause of death was “death from heat shock, and this is evidenced by her compressed hands and feet.”
It is noteworthy that Pompeii, an ancient city located 23 km southeast of the famous city of Naples, and in it lived about 13 thousand people, before being buried under volcanic ash, pebbles and dust.
The remains of the city were not revealed until the 16th century, and organized excavations began around the year 1750, but recently the focus has been to stop the process of decomposition and the collapse of the discovered remains.
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