Roman victim of the 24-25 August 79 A.D. eruption of Mt. Vesuvius (Pompeii, Italy) 3

            Roman victim of the 24-25 August 79 A.D. Vesuvius eruption at Pompeii, Italy. (photo generously donated by Isabell Giannetto)

Human skeletal elements are still preserved in this specimen - note the teeth and the sutures between invidual bones of the skull.
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Mt. Vesuvius is the most famous volcano in Europe.  It has erupted on a semi-regular basis over the last 2000 years.  Vesuvius is a ~300,000 year old subduction zone stratovolcano located just east of the major Italian city of Naples, coastal Campania, southern Italy.
 
The most famous Vesuvius eruption occurred on 24-25 August, 79 A.D.  An enormous ash eruption and collapsing ash column destroyed and buried three Roman towns (Pompeii, Herculaneum, and Stabiae).  A written eyewitness account of the eruption has survived.  Pompeii has been extensively excavated by archaeologists since its discovery in the mid-1700s.  It is widely considered to be the most significant archaeological site on Earth.  Pompeii is rarely mentioned in ancient historical records, but historians & archaeologists understand Pompeii better than Rome itself in many ways.  The most famous Pompeii discoveries are casts of people (& animals) preserved in the volcanic deposits.  Expressions of pain & anguish can still be seen preserved on some of the Romans’ faces.

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Taken on: August 24, 2014

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