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.
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