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  2. Pompeii DNA evidence leads to surprising new discovery about ...

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    Body casts of victims from Pompeii are seen in this image. Researchers extracted ancient DNA from the casts of Pompeii victims to learn more about them. ... An estimated 2,000 people died in the ...

  3. Garden of the Fugitives - Wikipedia

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    [2] [3] It contains the casts of 13 victims of the eruption of Mount Vesuvius in 79 AD. [ 4 ] The insula once contained more town houses than the two which stand at the northwestern end of the insula but the rest of the area had been largely converted into a vegetable garden and vineyard before the eruption, with a triclinium covered by a ...

  4. Villa of the Mysteries - Wikipedia

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    The bodies of two women and a child were found in lower pumice eruption layers of the Villa, [12] suggesting that they were caught in the early stages of the eruption of Mount Vesuvius. They were on the upper floor of the farm section and plaster casts were made of them as in other areas of Pompeii and Herculaneum .

  5. A DNA Discovery Shatters the Truth About Pompeii’s Famous Victims

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    The Mount Vesuvius eruption of 79 A.D. blanketed Pompeii in destruction. To preserve the historical nature of the event and help tell the stories of the residents of the city, some of the victims ...

  6. 2 victims of ancient Pompeii eruption found, along with gold ...

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    An archaeologist works on the recently discovered remains of a victim in the archaeological site of the ancient city of Pompeii, which was destroyed in AD 79 by the eruption of Mount Vesuvius, in ...

  7. Amphitheatre of Pompeii - Wikipedia

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    The Amphitheatre of Pompeii is one of the oldest surviving Roman amphitheatres. It is located in the ancient city of Pompeii, near Naples, and was buried by the eruption of Mount Vesuvius in 79 AD, that also buried the city of Pompeii and the neighbouring town of Herculaneum. Six bodies were found during the excavations. [2]

  8. Pompeii archaeologists find bodies of man and woman – and ...

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    The bodies of a man and a woman have been unearthed in Pompeii, ... Pompeii was home to around 20,000 people when it was buried under ash and volcanic glass during the 79 AD eruption of Mount ...

  9. House of Julia Felix - Wikipedia

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    Functional areas in the property of Julia Felix Pompeii map showing location of House of Julia Felix. The House of Julia Felix, [1] [2] also referred to as the praedia (Latin for an estate, or land) of Julia Felix, is a large Roman property on the Via dell'Abbondanza in the city of Pompeii.