
Officials
at the Pompeii archaeological site have announced a dramatic new
discovery, the skeleton of a man crushed by an enormous stone while
trying to flee the explosion of Mt. Vesuvius in 79 A.D.
Pompeii
officials on Tuesday released a photograph showing the skeleton
protruding from beneath a large block of stone that may have been a door
jamb that had been "violently thrown by the volcanic cloud."
The
victim, who was over 30, had his thorax crushed. Archaeologists have
not found the victim's head. Officials said the man suffered an
infection of the tibia, which may have caused walking difficulties,
impeding his escape.
The
archaeological site's general director, Massimo Osanna, called it "an
exceptional find," that contributes to a better "picture of the history
and civilization of the age."
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