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Sophie Lewis
Civita Giuliana
Roman
Mount Vesuvius
the Mediterranean Sea
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Pompeii
Italy
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Once archeologists carefully removed the bones, officials made casts of the two victims, who were found in a hallway in the "noble" part of the villa, in a layer of ash at least 6.5 feet deep. "The flow that struck was however very fast and very violent, bringing down the first floors of the houses and surprising the victims as they attempted to escape across a few centimeters of ash, leading to their deaths," officials said.
As said here by Sophie Lewis