New York Post By Jamie Seidel, News.com.au
There has been a chilling new Pompeii discovery that has revealed the true horror of the volcanic explosion.
For one local Italian family, it was a day just like any other.
Food was being prepared in the kitchen. A young boy played in the atrium. The father inspected the progress of his homeās renovations.
Then, a powerful explosion sent an enormous ash column high into the sky above the idyllic mountain backdrop to their Roman city.
Soon, ash clouds and a hail of small pumice stones began raining down and the deadly fallout steadily increased in size and intensity.
Many simply grabbed what they could and ran for the coast in the hope of finding a boat.
This family, however, chose to stay put, as new findings reveal.
The fiery ash and pumice quickly clogged the streets and rose up the walls. Then the weight of volcanic rock caused part of their homeās roof to collapse.
Four adults and the child retreated into a bedroom. There, they desperately sought to wedge a bed against the door to hold back the growing weight of rubble.
āThey didnāt make it,ā said Gabriel Zuchtriegel, director of the Archaeological Park of Pompeii. Heās overseeing anĀ extensive new excavation of the city…
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