The remains of three victims of the
eruption of Vesuvius in 79 AD are among the latest
archaeological finds uncovered during ongoing excavations at
Pompeii, culture ministry sources said on Monday.
The skeletal remains are thought to be of two women and a child
aged between 3 and 4 who had sought shelter in a bakery from the
eruption that buried the ancient Roman commercial town in layers
of lavic ash and pumice.
Archaeologists have also found two frescoed walls featuring
mythological scenes - Apollo and Daphne in one and Poseidon and
Amymone in the other - near an atrium in the Regio IX, occupying
the central part of Pompeii.
Culture Minister Gennaro Sangiuliano and Pomeii director Gabriel
Johannes Zuchtriegel will announce details of the finds shortly.
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