The internet couldn’t help but laugh at the poor Pompeii victim crushed by a giant rock

Even centuries later, one of the world’s most famous catastrophes continues to yield amazing discoveries that also somehow tap into our love of the macabre.

On Tuesday, archaeologists revealed they had discovered the skeleton of a victim who died attempting to flee the eruption of Mount Vesuvius in 79 AD but was ultimately killed when a gigantic stone landed on his upper body.

The archaeologists noted that the man was around 30 years old and likely suffered from a bone infection that would have hampered his escape, thus dooming him to eventual death despite the fact he seems to have survived the first explosions of the eruption.  Read more…

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