Tag: pompeii
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Having a Bad Day? Spare a Thought For This Guy With a Rock on His Head
Officials at the Pompeii archaeological site have announced the dramatic discovery of the skeleton of a man crushed by an enormous stone while trying to flee the explosion of Mount Vesuvius in 79 AD. The man may have escaped the initial violence of Vesuvius in the ancient city of Pompeii, only to be crushed by…