Family's last desperate attempt to escape erupting Vesuvius unearthed in Pompeii

Family's last desperate attempt to escape erupting Vesuvius unearthed in Pompeii

In a house in the ruins of Pompeii, archeologists have discovered evidence that a family of four attempted to barricade a door with a bed during Vesuvius's terrible eruption.

Pompeii breakthrough as new study uncovers family's tragic final moments

A new archaeological study has revealed how one family desperately tried to save themselves after the eruption of Mount Vesuvius which buried Pompeii.

New Pompeii Excavations Reveal How One Family Tried to Save Themselves - Archaeology Magazine

Bed frame buried in lapilli, House of Helle and Phrixus, Pompeii, Italy POMPEII, ITALY—The Roman writer Pliny the Younger wrote a firsthand account of the eruption of Mount Vesuvius that buried the Roman towns of Pompeii and Herculaneum in a.d. 79. For the past 250 years, excavations at both sites have attested to the chaos that some of their citizens faced in their final moments. The Independent reports that a new archaeological campaign at Pom…

Human Remains Unearthed in Pompeii Tell Harrowing Story of Family’s Failed Escape

One family’s final moments during the 79 CE eruption of Mount Vesuvius in Pompeii was recently shared by experts as part of a new study in the Pompeii Excavations online journal. At the House of Helle and Phrixus, excavation efforts revealed that the family tried to save themselves during the ongoing eruption by barricading the door of a small bedroom using a bed. The remains of at least four individuals, including a child, were identified. …

The eruption of Vesuvius surprised many people in Pompeii. New excavations show how a family tried in vain to protect themselves from lava and ash in their houseIt must have been desperate last hours and minutes in the house "Helle and Phrixus" in Via del Vesuvio. When in the autumn of the year 79 A.D. the earth first quakes in Pompeii and then the nearby Vesuvius ash spits, the people gather inside the richly decorated house, perhaps hugging ea…

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