Pompeii is already an archaeologic gold mine , but a rarefied discovery this week in the ancient city has added to that collection .
French and Italian archaeologist herald that four skeleton in the closet and three Au coin were found in the ruins of an ancient shop on the fringe of the metropolis , which is near Naples in the southerly part of the land , agree to theAssociated Press . They added that the shop was most likely ransacked following the eruption by plunderer who burrow in “ on the hunt for hoarded wealth buried under the ashes , ” as the bodies were pushed up against the wall .
One of the skeleton in the cupboard was an adolescent girlfriend who , along with the others , had perished play along the volcanic eruption of Mount Vesuvius in the year 79 . digger also establish a limestone grave that dated back to the 4th one C B.C. , which check the body of a gentleman .
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They added that the grave was also decorate with funeral vas , which “ adds to the rare funerary testimony of the pre - Roman years . ”
Experts stated that they also find out a workshop , which they think was used to make bronze objects .
This is one of two sites that were evacuated in May in the diminished town of Herculaneum , which also sits in the dark of the volcano , near the city . The second is another shop that archaeologists are still hollow .
While body have been find in Pompeii before , this discovery is specially interesting due to its location . Many of the famous , preserved victim of the volcanic blast were catch while trying to fly the city . This is one of the few clock time that archaeologists have been able to place a torso with a spot of employment or home .
[ Associated Press ]
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