One of the skeletons had its arm raised in a vain attempt to protect himself from falling stone.
Archaeologists have shed new light on the destruction of Pompeii after finding two human skeletons crushed beneath the ruins of a fallen building.
The two skeletons are believed to have been crushed during an earthquake that preceded the falling pumice and pyroclastic flows from the eruption of Mount Vesuvius in 79 AD."The discovery of the remains of these two Pompeians in the context of the construction site in the Insula of the Chaste Lovers shows how much there is still to discover about the terrible eruption of AD 79," Italian Minister of Culture Gennaro Sangiuliano said in a statement.
After further examination, it became clear that the two individuals had likely died as a result of multiple traumas caused by the partial collapse of the building.Parco Archeologico di Pompei
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