The team spent months piecing together the story of these victims, two men over the age of 55 whose injuries bore an eerie resemblance to modern-day victims of building collapses during earthquakes.
Drawing on expertise in volcanology, anthropology, and archaeoseismology, researchers conclude in the journal Frontiers in Earth Science that the men probably survived the first phase of the eruption and were sheltering in a house when a wall fell on them, toppled by a strong earthquake.
For centuries, Pompeii has been a source of grim fascination to scientists and the general public. A historical account of the eruption by Pliny the Younger, a lawyer and author, describes tremors that shook the ground before and during the eruption.
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