There has been a chilling new Pompeii discovery that has revealed the true horror of the volcanic explosion.
For one local Italian family, it was a day just like any other.
Food was being prepared in the kitchen. A young boy played in the atrium. The father inspected the progress of his home’s renovations.
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Then, a powerful explosion sent an enormous ash column high into the sky above the idyllic mountain backdrop to their Roman city.
Soon, ash clouds and a hail of small pumice stones began raining down and the deadly fallout steadily increased in size and intensity.
There has been a chilling new Pompeii discovery that has revealed the true horror of the volcanic explosion. Bridgeman via Getty Images
Many simply grabbed what
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