Pompeii Family Blocked Bedroom Door With Bed to Escape Eruption, New Findings Reveal Almost 2,000 years after Mount Vesuvius exploded, scholars continue to uncover extraordinary archaeological ...

In 79 C.E., Mount Vesuvius erupted, spewing ash and small volcanic pellets known as lapilli over the city of Pompeii. ... They even pushed a wooden bed frame against the door, ...

Pompeii family's desperate fight for survival: Archaeologists discover a bed wedged against the door of a house - alongside the remains of a child ...

A bed had been moved against the bedroom door, in what was likely the family's last effort to escape the searing hot ash that was flooding the city Credit: Archaeological Park of Pompeii 7 ...

Archaeologists have uncovered evidence that four people, including a child, in the ancient Roman town of Pompeii used furniture to block a bedroom door and shield themselves from the eruption of ...

Pompeii alone is believed to have been inhabited by about 20,000 people. Most escaped. But archaeologists estimate that about 2000 lingered too long , or decided to ride the disaster out.

Pompeii was also afflicted with human corruption, ... He walked down the main street, the Via dell’Abbondanza, and there was all this horrible plastic netting in the doorways of buildings, ...

Archaeologists uncovered disturbing details about a Pompeii family's fight for survival during the destructive eruption of Mt. Vesuvius in 79 A.D. The Pompeii Archaeological Park announced the ...

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