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Alvise Armellini

Skeletons of volcano victims found in ruins of Pompeii

Over the past 250 years, the remains of more than 1300 volcano victims have been found in Pompeii. Photo: Pompeii Archeological Park/AP

Two skeletons have been found in the ruins of Pompeii, the ancient Roman city wiped out by an eruption of volcano Mount Vesuvius nearly 2000 years ago.

The skeletons were recovered from a building known as the “House of the Painters at Work”, and are probably of two men in their 50s who died in an earthquake that accompanied the eruption, the Italian Culture Ministry said on Tuesday.

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