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Archaeologists at the Pompeii Archaeological Park, near Naples, in southern Italy, revealed this Saturday that they found two nearly intact bodies that could have been rebuilt in the position they were in when they died. The bodies would have been petrified when the Vesuvius volcano erupted in the year 79 of the Christian era. Site analysis revealed that they were probably trying to escape when the first floor of the house collapsed. The researchers believe that the pyroclastic flow, one of the phenomena resulting from the eruptions, flooded the room and buried the residents in the ash.
The discovery occurred a few days ago in the excavation that has been carried out since the beginning of the year in the great suburban path of Civita Giuliana, a luxurious property located in the northwestern part of the city, where in 2017 some remains of three horses had already been found . Now these two men have been discovered: one, whose age will be between 30 and 40 and who is wrapped in a woolen cloak, appears to be a wealthy man; the other, between 18 and 23, of 1.56 meters, can be a slave. The unusual spinal compressions for his age indicate that he was carrying a lot of weight and doing manual labor. In both bodies it is possible to see the folds of the clothes. They appear to be asleep on the floor, with their hands still on their chests and their fingers crossed over their tunic.
The operation, which was defined as “incredible” by the Italian Minister of Culture, Dario Franceschini, is still ongoing. According to archaeologists, the excavation may clarify in the coming months the role of these two men and where they were going at the time of the tragedy. However, “the first studies indicate that death must have occurred in the early morning of the second day of the eruption, that is, around 9 am on October 25, 79 AD.“.
Buried by the eruption of Mount Vesuvius, the ancient city of Pompeii is the second most visited place in Italy, after the Colosseum in Rome, with about four million visitors in 2019. Only a third of the city, which currently extends over 44 hectares, has already been excavated by archaeologists.
