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Only last night I found myself wondering about the survivors because surely there would have been some. I was puzzled that they never seemed to be mentioned and then lo and behold @maximus otter has come up with this information! Thankyou sir :) Well timed!

I'd been watching a programme on iplayer, (the one where they recreated the faces of two of the victims in case you were wondering) as part of operation 'avoid political stuff'.
 
Early victims of the eruption.

Almost 2,000 years ago, Pliny the Younger wrote letters describing the shaking ground as Vesuvius erupted. Now, a collaborative study led by researchers from the Istituto Nazionale di Geofisica e Vulcanologia (INGV) and Pompeii Archaeological Park has shed light on the effects of seismicity associated with the 79 CE eruption.

The study is the first to tackle the complex task of reporting on the effects of co-occurring earthquakes. This is tricky due to the possibility of volcanic and seismic effects happening concurrently or in quick succession, meaning volcanic effects can overshadow effects caused by earthquakes and vice versa.

"These complexities are like a jigsaw puzzle in which all the pieces must fit together to unravel the complete picture," said Dr. Domenico Sparice, a volcanologist at INGV-Osservatorio Vesuviano and first author of the Frontiers in Earth Sciencestudy. "We proved that seismicity during the eruption played a significant role in the destruction of Pompeii and, possibly, influenced the choices of the Pompeiians who faced an inevitable death."

"Correctly recognizing the cause-effect relationship is essential to reconstruct the interplay between volcanic and seismic phenomena, and their effects on buildings and humans," added co-author Dr. Fabrizio Galadini, a geologist and senior researcher at INGV. ...

When the researchers found two skeletons with severe fracture and trauma injuries, they were even more motivated to figure out the reason. ...

https://phys.org/news/2024-07-pompeii-skeleton-discovery-natural-disaster.html
 

Ancient Pompeii reveals two more victims of eruption, with coins and jewelry


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.

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The woman was lying on a bed with gold, silver and bronze coins around her, along with jewelry including gold and pearl earrings. The man lay at the foot of the bed.

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.

https://www.reuters.com/science/anc...ctims-eruption-with-coins-jewelry-2024-08-12/


maximus otter
 
New DNA findings re Pompeii victims. How do we know who they identified as ...

Ancient DNA taken from the Pompeii victims of Mount Vesuvius' eruption nearly 2,000 years ago reveals that some people's relationships were not what they seemed, according to a new study.

For instance, an adult who was wearing a golden bracelet and holding a child on their lap was long thought to be a mother with her child. But the new DNA analysis revealed that, in reality, the duo were "an unrelated adult male and child," study co-author David Reich, a professor of genetics at Harvard Medical School, said in a statement.

In another example, a couple who died in an embrace and were "thought to be sisters, or mother and daughter, were found to include at least one genetic male," Reich said. "These findings challenge traditional gender and familial assumptions."

https://www.livescience.com/archaeo...who-we-thought-they-were-dna-analysis-reveals
 
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