Judging by cranial bones and teeth, one of the men was young, likely aged 18 to 25, with a spinal column with compressed discs. That finding led archaeologists to hypothesize that he was a young man who did manual labor, like that of a slave. The other man had a robust bone structure, especially in his chest area, and died with his hands on his chest and his legs bent and spread apart. He was estimated to have been 30- to 40-years-old, Pompeii officials said. Fragments of white paint were found near the man’s face, probably remnants of a collapsed upper wall, the officials said. Both skeletons were found in a side room along an underground corridor, or passageway, known in ancient Roman times as a cryptoporticus, which led to to the upper level of the villa....
Here's the Wikipedia article "Cryptoporticus" — with various photographs, none from Pompeii.
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A good reminder to us how suddenly nature can strip everything we have away from us. I feel so sorry for the people in Central America, who just took a double shot of nature's love in Hurricanes Eta and Iota.
Jean Shepherd described the NYT prose of C.L.Sulzberger as like the ruins of Pompeii.
"Bodies of man and his slave unearthed from ashes at Pompeii"
Then "Parts of the skulls and bones of the two men were found"
Does not compute....so
"There are people who call them petrified men, some mummies, some simply the bodies, but they are casts, just plaster casts."
Oh. They're not actually bodies at all. I should have assumed a "fake headline" with an ap article.
"The other man had a robust bone structure, especially in his chest area, and died with his hands on his chest and his legs bent and spread apart... Fragments of white paint were found near the man’s face, probably remnants of a" sign that said, 'Epstein didn't kill himself'.
One of the coolest finds of frozen moments came from Crete where the roof of a temple collapsed during the huge volcano earthquake event there and crushed a human sacrifice, probably to Poseidon, "the earthquake god" in progress, there was a priest with a knife, presumably, a boy with his hands tied, and a couple women spectators, all killed by the collapse and entombed there.
He was a priest, presumably, he was found with a knife in his hand.
I wanted to learn more about what a "cryptoporcus" would look like and was disappointed.
The first time I read the headline to this post, I read it as cryptocurrencies.
Cryptoporticos are cool, but Venice's sotoportegos are even nicer to look at. And you can always dive into the canal when the lava flow approaches.
Unpossible. My BLM friends tell me the only slaves in the entirety of human history were in America from 1619 to 1865.
and his legs bent and spread apart.
Chuck might have some theories.
Surprised the AP allows “a man and his slave” type usage. I feel like I’m seeing “enslaved persons” and certainly not language that suggests ownership. I was being told in the 90s that we can’t write things like “Mr. Brown took his wife and kids on vacation.”
Like how the tour guide at that flour mill museum in Minneapolis will tell you that the fire that gutted it was started by “persons experiencing unshelteredness.”
"Cryptoporticus", a new word for me. Sounds like some kind of ancient fish which lived contemporaneously with the dinosaurs.
So they found those "bodies" in the belly of an ancient fish. Fitting.
Maybe that's related to the "Jonah and the Whale" story. Maybe Geppetto and Pinocchio, too.
"...with a spinal column with compressed discs.
Or maybe it was because of the millions of tons of ash that crushed him : )
I love all the supposition after the fact. Just make up a good story and it will sell.
"Or maybe it was because of the millions of tons of ash that crushed him." Or perhaps he was crushed after he died from inhaling too much volcanic smoke and ash?
Besides, I'm sure they'd be dead by now anyway.
If I remember correctly, there's a cryptoporticus at Jefferson's Monticello.
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