A couple trying to escape from the eruption of Mount Vesuvius nearly 2,000 years ago ended up trapped in a small room with no way out.
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Scientists found the remains of the man and woman, who had a small treasure next to them, in an archaeological excavation. The findings were revealed this week.
According to research published in the E-Journal of the Pompeii ExcavationsThe house where the couple was living had a small cubicle that was being used as a bedroom while the rest of the house was being renovated.
When Mount Vesuvius began to erupt in 79 AD, the man and woman took refuge in the small bedroom while ash and volcanic material rained down outside.
But at one point, The volcanic stones ended up blocking the only door available.
“Trapped in the small, narrow room, They met their death when pyroclastic flows reached them“, the Pompeii Archaeological Park explained in a statement.
The violent eruption of Vesuvius – which occurred on a night in August or October in 79 AD, a matter that scientists are still debating – took the cities of Pompeii, Herculaneum and Stabiae by surprise.
Nearly 20,000 people died, leaving their remains buried ever since in these southern Italian cities.
Coins and Jewels
During recent excavations, scientists discovered the small room where the couple lay in Insula 10, one of the archaeological exploration sites in Pompeii.
The woman was found on a bed, where It kept “a small treasure with gold, silver and bronze coins”the researchers explained.
She also had some jewelry, like gold and pearl earrings.
The man’s body was lying at the foot of the bed.
Outside the small bedroom, archaeologists also found clues as to what the home was like.
“The footprints in the ash allowed reconstruct the furniture and identify its exact location at the time of the eruption: a bed, a chest, a bronze candelabra and a table with a marble top, with the bronze, glass and ceramic furniture still in place,” the research indicates.
The work is helping scientists to obtain “invaluable archaeological data” on the daily life of Pompeians at the time, said Gabriel Zuchtriegel, director of the Archaeological Park.
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