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Archaeologists in the ancient Roman city of Pompeii have discovered the remains of two more victims of the volcanic eruption almost 2,000 years ago, the site said on Monday.
The skeleton of a man and a woman were found in a small, makeshift bedroom in a villa which was being restructured when the eruption struck, the Pompeii archeological site said in a statement.
The woman was lying on a bed with gold, silver and bronze coins around her, along with jewellery, including gold and pearl earrings. The man lay at the foot of the bed.
The once-thriving city of Pompeii, near Naples, and the surrounding countryside was submerged by volcanic ash when Mount Vesuvius exploded in AD 79.
The eruption killed thousands of Romans who had no idea they were living beneath one of Europe's biggest volcanoes which buried the city in a thick layer of ash, preserving many of its residents and buildings.
The latest victims discovered had chosen the small room as a refuge, waiting for the end of the rain of rock fragments which had blocked the door and prevented them from escaping.
They were eventually buried under the flow of lava and other boiling hot material from the volcano, the statement said.
"The opportunity to analyse the invaluable anthropological data on the two victims ... allows us to recover a considerable amount of data on the daily life of ancient Pompeians", site director Gabriel Zuchtriegel said. Ancient Pompeii, rediscovered only in the 16th century, has in recent years seen a burst of archaeological activity aimed at halting decades of decay and neglect.
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