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Archaeologists have found the skeletal remains of a woman and a man who died when the volcanic plumes of Mount Vesuvius wiped out the city of Pompeii ... Because the skeletons and objects were ...

This adds a new layer of complexity to Pompeii, which remains one of the most well-known natural disasters in history. Scientists "discovered two male skeletons riddled with bone fractures ...

An curved arrow pointing right. The discovery of two skeletons in the ruins of Pompeii suggests powerful earthquakes accompanied the devastating eruption of Mount Vesuvius 2,000 years ago.

We know how these poor people died and we know what killed them. But these skeletons can also tell us fascinating things about how the people in Pompeii actually lived. There are some very simple ...