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The Victims of Vesuvius

This final episode of a three-part series exploring the intertwined histories of Pompeii and Vesuvius investigates how the remains of the eruption's victims illuminate their lives - and their deaths.
When Mount Vesuvius erupted in 79 AD, it unleashed a torrent of destruction that obliterated Pompeii and neighboring towns.
Several lines of evidence, from chiseled inscriptions to missing horses, suggest that thousands of people survived the ...
"I have found two or three rich guys, but I found a couple hundred middle class and even some desperately poor people who ...
Scientists sampled tiny bone fragments sealed inside several Pompeii casts and tested DNA and isotopes to ask, and answer, ...
A new 3-D model of a portable sundial found near Pompeii is helping researchers understand how to operate the "pork clock." ...