Pompeii Victims' Heavy Clothing Despite Vesuvius' Eruption

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New research analyzing plaster casts from Pompeii suggests that victims wore heavy wool clothing, indicating colder weather or a harmful environment during the eruption, and raises questions about the exact date of the eruption, which is still debated among historians.
Topics:science#archaeological-research#climate-conditions#heavy-clothing#history#pompeii-victims#vesuvius-eruption
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