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Two victims of the eruption of Mount Vesuvius in 79 AD were found in recent archaeological excavations of Pompeii. They were identified as a man and a woman. The latter was found on a bed ...

The bones lay where the couple fell until December 1995 ... about ten miles (16 kilometers) northeast of Vesuvius, discovered a human skeleton nested in the roots of a hazelnut tree.

The skeleton was discovered in Herculaneum back ... have identified the body of a rescuer killed in the eruption of Mount Vesuvius almost 2,000 years ago. The skeleton, originally thought to ...

Nearby Mount Vesuvius erupted in 79 AD, killing many Pompeii residents and famously freezing them in place. This skeleton appears to be from a man who survived the initial explosion and was ...

The discovery of two skeletons in the ruins of Pompeii suggests powerful earthquakes accompanied the devastating eruption of Mount Vesuvius 2,000 years ago. More from News The discovery of two ...

decades ahead of Mount Vesuvius’ eruption in A.D. 79. Park of Pompeii Since adult Romans were usually cremated, the tomb discovery contains “one of the best-preserved skeletons ever found in ...