Pompeii Victims' Heavy Clothing Despite Vesuvius' Eruption

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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.

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