Volcano skeleton excites Italian boffins

By Johannes Neudecker
Updated October 17 2021 - 9:47am, first published 9:45am
The eruption of the Mount Vesuvius volcano in 79 AD destroyed many surrounding villages in Naples.
The eruption of the Mount Vesuvius volcano in 79 AD destroyed many surrounding villages in Naples.

Archaeologists in southern Italy have come across the skeleton of an ancient man who died in the devastating eruption of Mount Vesuvius in 79 AD.

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