View Pompeii Victims Background. Did the pompeii victim actually die the way social media think he did? Nearby mount vesuvius erupted in 79 ad.
Pompeii victims stock image. Image of past, europe, ruins ... from thumbs.dreamstime.com Archaeologists at pompeii say a man previously thought to have been crushed by a flying stone block as he fled the mt. He added pompeii victims would have died very quickly from thermal shock as molten hot ash fell on them. I am in naples now, visiting pompeii tomorrow or the next day.
Experts have spent the summer scanning these bodies using ct scanners at the pompeii archaeological site.
Vesuvius eruption was not killed by the projectile, but died instead of asphyxiation. pɔmˈpei̯iː) was an ancient city located in what is now the comune of pompei near naples in the campania region of italy. Each of the victims have been entombed in ash and now plaster for more than 1,900 years. Tourists visiting pompeii today still risk unrest from mt.
