A cast of a horse has been found
in a fresh dig outside the main site at Pompeii,
Director-General Massimo Osanna said Thursday.
Osanna said the "extraordinary" find had been made at Civita
Giuliana.
He said the animal was a parade horse.
Archeologists have also found the remains of a man entombed
following the eruption of Vesuvius that destroyed the ancient
Roman city in AD 79.
"This is a sign that people continued to grow crops and live
here even after the eruption, producing on top of the layer of
ash and stone that covered and destroyed the entire city,"
Osanna said.
Culture Minister Dario Franceschini called the finds
"exceptional".
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