06/06/2018
The chest crushed by a large block of stone, the body thrown back by the powerful pyroclastic flow, in a desperate attempt to escape from the eruptive fury. It is in this dramatic position that emerges the first victim of the site of the new excavations of the Regio V. The skeleton was found at the intersection of the Vicolo delle Nozze d'Argento and the Vicolo dei Balconi, recently discovered, which extends towards via di Nola. From the first observations, it appears that the individual who survived the early stages of the volcanic eruption, ventured in search of salvation along the alley now overgrown by the thick lap of lapilli. The body was in fact found at the first floor of the adjacent building, or above the lapilli layer. Here he was hit by the thick and dense pyroclastic cloud that threw him backwards.
An imposing block in stone (perhaps a jamb), dragged violently by the cloud, hit him in the upper portion, crushing the upper part of the chest and the head that, still unidentified, lie at a lower altitude than the lower limbs, probably under the lytic block. The first analysis performed by the anthropologist, during the excavation, identify an adult man aged over 30 years. The presence of lesions at the tibia level signals a bone infection, which may have been the cause of significant difficulties in walking, such as to prevent the man from escaping the first dramatic signs that preceded the eruption.
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