Pompeii's victims weren't killed only by a volcanic eruption, newly unearthed skeletons show

Two newly discovered skeletons found at the doomed Roman town of Pompeii show that the most famous volcanic eruption of the ancient world also posed a less well-known threat: earthquakes.
The Italian Cultural Ministry on Tuesday revealed the bodies of two men, both probably in their 50s, who died in an earthquake triggered by the cataclysmic volcanic eruption at Vesuvius in 79 A.D.
The bodies were found covered in masonry from a collapsed wall — further examination showed they were killed by the impact, their bones crushed.
"Modern excavation techniques help us to better understand the inferno that completely destroyed the city of Pompeii over two days, killing many inhabitants," said the director of Pompeii Archaeological Park, Gabriel Zuchtriegel, a German archaeologist.
Pompeii's victims weren't killed only by a volcanic eruption, newly unearthed skeletons show