New Pompeii earthquake victims discovered in archaeological dig.

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New Pompeii earthquake victims discovered in archaeological dig.
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Two skeletons, believed to be of two men in their 50s who died in an earthquake that accompanied the eruption of Mount Vesuvius nearly 2,000 years ago, have been found in the ruins of Pompeii. The skeletons were recovered from a building known as the "House of the Painters at Work". Pompeii, home to about 13,000 people, was buried under ash, pumice pebbles and dust as it endured the force of an eruption in the year 79 AD equivalent to many atomic bombs. Over the past two and a half centuries, archaeologists have recovered the remains of more than 1,300 victims.

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