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5 skeletons found at Pompeii [too late to dial IX-I-I]
Redazione ANSA Rome ^ | 24 October 2018 | unattributed

Posted on 10/27/2018 3:21:30 PM PDT by SunkenCiv

The remains of five people, probably two women and three children, were found in a bedroom in Pompeii on Wednesday.

The group probably took refuge in the bedroom in a desperate attempt to escape a shower of volcanic rocks that had filled the house, Pompeii director Massimo Osanna told ANSA.

"It's a shocking discovery, but also very important for the history of studies," Osanna said.

The skeletons were found in a house where a charcoal inscription was recently found backing the theory that the Mount Vesuvius eruption that destroyed the ancient Roman city took place in October of 79 AD, not August.

New excavations have taken place at the site, in the Regio V of Pompeii.

(Excerpt) Read more at ansa.it ...


TOPICS: History; Science; Travel
KEYWORDS: ancientautopsies; godsgravesglyphs; massimoosanna; pompeii; regiov; romanempire; vesuvius
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1 posted on 10/27/2018 3:21:30 PM PDT by SunkenCiv
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To: StayAt HomeMother; Ernest_at_the_Beach; 1ofmanyfree; 21twelve; 24Karet; 2ndDivisionVet; 31R1O; ...
In before the inane and repetitive "graverobbing" snarks.

2 posted on 10/27/2018 3:22:37 PM PDT by SunkenCiv (and btw -- https://www.gofundme.com/for-rotator-cuff-repair-surgery)
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To: SunkenCiv

At least they passed together.


3 posted on 10/27/2018 3:23:27 PM PDT by wastedyears (The left would kill every single one of us and our families if they knew they could get away with it)
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To: SunkenCiv

Are you sure it’s not CMXI?


4 posted on 10/27/2018 3:23:44 PM PDT by BradyLS (DO NOT FEED THE BEARS!)
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To: SunkenCiv
A (very bad) Day in Pompeii.

It's 8 minutes that give me a chill every time I watch it.

5 posted on 10/27/2018 3:26:13 PM PDT by Don W (When blacks riot, neighbourhoods and cities burn. When whites riot, nations and continents burn.)
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To: Don W

Pompeii,
Bad Times.


6 posted on 10/27/2018 3:28:25 PM PDT by Big Red Badger (Despised by the Despicable!)
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To: wastedyears

They’d be dead now anyway but it is Trump’s fault.


7 posted on 10/27/2018 3:31:13 PM PDT by Mercat
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To: BradyLS

50-oh-50!


8 posted on 10/27/2018 3:32:12 PM PDT by SunkenCiv (and btw -- https://www.gofundme.com/for-rotator-cuff-repair-surgery)
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To: Mercat

Yeah now its Trump’s fault....used to be Reagan’s, before that Nixon’s....I guess before that Hoover’s!


9 posted on 10/27/2018 3:33:03 PM PDT by Reily
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To: Don W
Thanks, I'll check it out (I think I've seen it). In one of the buried towns, in a gymnasium, the balls were still piled up for some game that was pupular in the Roman Empire; possibly the players were getting ready to play, and had to run for it. The House of the Vettei, which is a popular one to visit I guess, was undergoing repairs and renovations, probably onlgoing for years, when it was buried. The owners of the house were freedmen, and their neighbors were bankers (there was only private lending in Roman times) whose records included debts owed or formerly owed by the freedmen. In Herculaneum the pyroclastic flow covered the town in minutes, and due to the lack of oxygen the organic materials were disproportionately preserved compared with Pompeii. In H the famous scroll library was found -- all packed in boxes and ready to flee with -- and doors were carbonized, and still swing on their hinges.

10 posted on 10/27/2018 3:37:38 PM PDT by SunkenCiv (and btw -- https://www.gofundme.com/for-rotator-cuff-repair-surgery)
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To: SunkenCiv
a charcoal inscription was recently found

translated it said: "Kilroy was here"

11 posted on 10/27/2018 3:39:45 PM PDT by blueplum ( "...this moment is your moment: it belongs to you... " President Donald J. Trump, Jan 20, 2017)
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To: SunkenCiv

How long would it take to dispatch an emergency chariot anyway?


12 posted on 10/27/2018 3:48:50 PM PDT by Telepathic Intruder
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To: BradyLS

IX-I-I is correct.


13 posted on 10/27/2018 3:54:47 PM PDT by Sacajaweau
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To: Reily

Democrats have been blaming Republicans for every calamity since...Lincoln!


14 posted on 10/27/2018 3:55:42 PM PDT by BradyLS (DO NOT FEED THE BEARS!)
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mary beard pompeii site:youtube.com
http://www.google.com/search?q=mary+beard+pompeii+site:youtube.com

Mary Beard: It doesn’t really matter if tourists damage Pompeii
Hannah Furness, Arts Correspondent
6 April 2016
https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2016/04/06/mary-beard-it-doesnt-really-matter-if-tourists-damage-pompeii/


15 posted on 10/27/2018 3:55:47 PM PDT by SunkenCiv (and btw -- https://www.gofundme.com/for-rotator-cuff-repair-surgery)
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To: SunkenCiv

Police are establishing a perimeter


16 posted on 10/27/2018 3:57:56 PM PDT by montag813
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To: SunkenCiv

I don’t really know why, but both Pompeii and thr Titanic fascinate me.


17 posted on 10/27/2018 4:00:12 PM PDT by freepertoo (Nora Mayers)
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To: Sacajaweau

There is no IX on the phone.


18 posted on 10/27/2018 4:03:38 PM PDT by TexasGator (Z1)
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To: freepertoo
I grok that, I used to be a Lions fan. I've seen the Titanic exhibit, but I'll never see the actual Titanic, OTOH I've got a reasonable shot at seeing Pompeii. :^)

19 posted on 10/27/2018 4:10:29 PM PDT by SunkenCiv (and btw -- https://www.gofundme.com/for-rotator-cuff-repair-surgery)
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To: blueplum

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/chat/3697309/posts


20 posted on 10/27/2018 4:11:14 PM PDT by SunkenCiv (and btw -- https://www.gofundme.com/for-rotator-cuff-repair-surgery)
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