and thick layers of compressed ash from the A.D. 79 eruption of Mount Vesuvius surrounds the doorway to a partially uncovered entranceway in Regio V. Pompeii lay entombed for 1,500 years ...

Pompeii archaeologists say the skeleton shows ... picked up an enormous rock - which experts think might have been a door jamb (the vertical part of a door frame) - and hurled it at the victim ...

Pompeii Archaeological Park is one of the most popular ancient tourist sites in the world, though a new mandate may be seeking to curb the effects of this popularity on the historic location.