Pompeii man’s skeleton suggests he was killed by falling rock during eruption
Nonetheless, the man, who was at least 30 years old, survived the first phase of the eruption and fled along an alley, probably limping because of his infection.
The ancient city, and its surrounding area, was buried in up to 20 feet of rock and ash after the massive eruption and the site was lost for about 1,500 years.
The skeleton (perhaps, unsurprisingly not the head) of the "unlucky" man was unearthed recently at Pompeii's archaeological dig site. The remains show signs of a bone infection in one leg that would have likely made walking hard and impeded his escape from the disaster.
Massimo Osanna, the director general of the archaeological site, called the discovery "dramatic and exceptional".
Anthropologist Valeria Amoretti carefully uncovers the skeleton of a victim of the eruption of Mt. Vesuvius in A.D. Then, he was thrown backward by apyroclastic flow-a dense current of volcanic rock, hot gas and debris that speeds down the side of a volcano, destroying everything it touches.
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They imagine the person, aged in his thirties, was making an attempt to flee the eruption of Mt Vesuvius when the 300kg rock slammed into him, beheading him and killing him immediately.
Archeologists found his body on the first floor of a building, above a layer of "lapilli", or small rock fragments from the volcano.
Stunning photos released on Tuesday show the skeleton protruding from beneath a large block of stone.
Researchers said the discovery of new human remains at Pompeii allows them to compare the pathologies and lifestyles of the city's early inhabitants, as well as analyze the dynamics of the populace's panicked escape. He said it contributes to a clearer "picture of the history and civilisation of the age".
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