Skeletons discovered in Pompeii show death by earthquake, not just eruption of Vesuvius

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Two skeletons were found under a collapsed wall at the archaeological site of Pompeii, suggesting death due to strong earthquakes that accompanied the devastating eruption of Mount Vesuvius. (Pompeii Archaeological Park)

Experts said today, Tuesday, that the discovery of two skeletons buried under a collapsed wall at the archaeological site of Pompeii indicates deaths from strong earthquakes that accompanied the devastating eruption of Mount Vesuvius in the first century, in addition to victims of volcanic ash and gas. .

The two skeletons believed to be of men at least 55 years old were found in the Casti Amanti, or House of Chaste Lovers, under a wall that collapsed before the area was covered in volcanic material. The area was likely to be undergoing reconstruction work at the time of the eruption in AD 79, after the earthquake a few days earlier.

Two skeletons were found under a collapsed wall at the archaeological site of Pompeii, suggesting death due to strong earthquakes that accompanied the devastating eruption of Mount Vesuvius. (Pompeii Archaeological Park)

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“In recent years, we have realized that violent and powerful seismic events were occurring at the time of the eruption,” said Gabriel Zuchtriegl, director of the Pompeii Archaeological Park.

Two skeletons were found under a collapsed wall at the archaeological site of Pompeii, suggesting death due to strong earthquakes that accompanied the devastating eruption of Mount Vesuvius. (Pompeii Archaeological Park)

He added that new archaeological techniques and methodologies “allow us to better understand the inferno that completely destroyed the city of Pompeii in two days, killing many residents,” making it possible to determine the dynamics of deaths down to the last seconds.

More than 1,300 victims have been found at the archaeological site south of Naples over the past 250 years.

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