US EditionIf Mount Vesuvius Erupted in August, Why Were Pompeii Victims Wearing Heavy Wool Garments?
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For two thousand years, we thought we knew the exact date of the destruction of Pompeii: August 24, 79 AD. But new analyses of the victims frozen in volcanic ash tell a different story, that of a disaster that could have occurred several months later, on a much colder day [...]
Casts of Vesuvius victims reveal thick coats and tunics, relaunching the debate on the exact season of the disaster... or on Roman dress habits.
If Mount Vesuvius Erupted in August, Why Were Pompeii Victims Wearing Heavy Wool Garments?
New research finds that at least four individuals who died in the eruption were wearing woolen tunics and cloaks, which raises questions about the presumed date of the famous catastrophe Llorenç Alapont, an archaeologist at the University of Valencia, led the recent research on plaster casts of Pompeii victims. The late August eruption date stems largely from letters written by Pliny the Younger. The Roman author and administrator witnessed the…
Researchers have investigated material remains of people who died at the eruption of Vesuvius in the ancient Pompeii. Their result is a surpriseIt is one of the major research questions about the demise of Pompeii: on what day did Vesuvius break out and buried the city under lava masses and rocks? On August 24? Or later, about October 24? To date, only the year is certain: 79 A.D. New investigations continue to fuel the debate.A research team of…
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