A new body has been
discovered during ongoing excavation work in the ancient Roman
city of Pompeii, ANSA has learned.
The victim is believed to have been around 35 years old when
he died.
He was disabled due to a leg injury and unable to escape when
Mount Vesuvius erupted in 79 AD, burying the city in rock and
ash.
He was struck by a 300-kilo rock, which beheaded him.
Archaeologists found the man's skeleton lying on its back in
the ancient city's Regio V area, at the corner between Vicolo
dei Balconi, which has just been discovered as part of new
excavation work, and Vicolo delle Nozze d'Argento.
Archaeologists believe he was watching the eruption of the
Vesuvius while struggling to escape, when he was struck by the
rock.
The director general of the Pompeii archaeological site,
Massimo Osanna, called the discovery "dramatic and exceptional".
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