Archaeologists have made what Culture
Minister Dario Franceschini described as a "sensational" new
find at Herculaneum, the partially mutilated skeleton of a
40-45-year-old man whom the avalanche of fire and gas from
Vesuvius stopped at a mere step from the sea and the mirage of
salvation, Archaeological Park Director Francesco Sirano has
told ANSA in an exclusive, 25 years after the last digs at the
ancient Roman town buried by the volcano.
The discovery may shed fresh light on the last moments of life
of the town a few kilometres from Pompeii, Sirano said.
"It's a find form which we expect an awful lot," he said.
Franceschi said "this is a sensational discovery".
He said "the sensational discovery of the remains of a fugitive
at the archaeological site of Herculaneum is great news, first
of all because the find is due to the resumption in this place,
after almost 30 years, of scientific excavations conducted by
the ministry's technical staff.
He underscored that "the fascinating hypotheses surrounding the
mystery of the death of this last discovered victim of the 79 AD
eruption are now in the hands of experts, who can rejoice at
this result which is also due to the support of the Packard
Humanities Institute".
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