In Pompeii, the discovery of the bodies of two victims trying...

In Pompeii, the discovery of the bodies of two victims trying...
In Pompeii, the discovery of the bodies of two victims trying...

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HISTORY – Italian archaeologists have just discovered two new bodies of inhabitants who tried to flee the eruption of Vesuvius in 79 AD, in a large ancient villa located northwest of the city of Pompeii. Thanks to plaster, they managed to reproduce their exact positions at the time of the tragedy.

2020-11-22T13: 10: 38.000 + 01: 00 – TF1

The remains of two victims of the 79 AD eruption in Pompeii have been discovered and their bodies can be reconstructed in the position they had at the time of their death, the famous Italian archaeological site said in a statement on Saturday. The two skeletons were discovered during research about 700 meters northwest of Pompeii, in a large villa on the outskirts of the famous Roman city.

They were in a 2.20-meter-wide corridor that gave access to the upper floor of the villa, where archaeologists had detected cavities in the layers of hardened ash. By pouring plaster into these crevices, according to the famous technique invented by Giuseppe Fiorelli in 1867, they were able to reconstitute the bodies in their original position.

Probably a master and his slave

Both victims were likely surprised by the eruption as they tried to flee. The first, a young man of 1.56 m wearing a short tunic who must have been between 18 and 25 years old, was probably a slave, as several vertebrae hunched up due to hard physical labor suggest. His head tilted back shows his teeth and his skull.

The second victim, probably the owner of the young slave found at his side, on the other hand has his face turned towards the earth, at a level lower than the rest of the body. His arms are folded with the hands on the torso, a position similar to those of other victims found in Pompeii. He is a 1.62 m man, aged 30 to 40, wearing a tunic and a woolen coat.

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They were statufied by the fiery cloud, around 9 am, when the burning cloud arrived on Pompeii. They probably died from the heat shock, as evidenced by the contraction of the feet and hands“, explained the director of the archaeological site of Pompeii Massimo Osanna. If the excavations started in the 18th century, today only 60% of the archaeological site has been brought to light.

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