Italy continued

Remains of a temple

 

 

Thought to be a base for a statue

 

 

Brick and stone Corinthian columns of a temple

 

 

Columns in the forum

 

 

Amphitheater

 

 

One of the hundreds of victims of the eruption. It was previously
thought that they were slowly asphyxiated by volcanic ash and gas.

 

 

But a 2010 study now concludes that they were flash-heated to an instant death. This was caused
by a surge of fast-moving, ground-hugging waves of hot, toxic gases and ash. This caused the air to be
heated to 300 degrees C (570 degrees F), enough to kill hundreds of people in a fraction of a second.

 

Ash and volcanic debris then fell from the sky, covering the bodies. Subsequent
rains turned the ash into a mud, which hardened, encasing the bodies. The flesh
decayed while much of the skeletons remained intact, creating hollow molds.

 

 

These specimens were created by pouring plaster into the hollows, revealing an exact cast of the
bodies at the time of death.

 

 

 

 

 

On the way to the airport in Naples

 

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