Man fleeing Pompeii eruption killed via asphyxiation, not giant stone: archaeologists

Archaeologists discovered remains of a man crushed by a stone block during the Mount Vesuvius eruption in 79AD. Further analysis revealed he was a 30-year-old man with a limp. The cause of death was determined to be pyroclastic asphyxiation from the eruption.

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