Incredible Discovery Of Horses Still Wearing Saddles And Harnesses Unearthed In Pompeii
By Katie Spalding
24 Dec 2018, 16:54
One August (or possibly October) day nearly 2,000 years ago, the Roman city of Pompeii fell victim to a catastrophic fate. Mount Vesuvius, the volcano that loomed only 8 kilometers (5 miles) away, erupted, releasing 100,000 times as much thermal energy as the atomic bombs that destroyed Hiroshima and Nagasaki at the end of the second world war. Despite the warning signs, many in Pompeii and nearby Herculaneum were too poor – or physically unable – to escape. As their cities were covered in volcanic ash and pyroclastic flow, residents of the ancient vacation resort suffered one of the most gruesome deaths imaginable as their blood boiled, their flesh burned away, and their skulls exploded from the heat.
Trapped under layers of ash, the city lay forgotten for centuries. But in the mid-18th century it was rediscovered, and archaeological excavations of the city frozen in time have been providing snapshots of ancient Roman life ever since. Pompeii has given us enchanted gardens and poignant family scenes, as well as memes, myths, and a whole heap of masturbation.
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