Vesuvius explosion was comparable to the Hiroshima bomb

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An Italian archaeologist has compared the impact of the AD79 eruption of Mount Vesuvius on Herculaneum – the ancient Roman beach town close to Pompeii – to the dropping of an atomic bomb on the Japanese city of Hiroshima during the second world war.

was the heat of the pyroclastic surge produced by Vesuvius – believed to have been between 400C and 500C – that the brains and blood of the Herculaneum’s victims instantly boiled.

“The remains of victims here have been found in a similar condition to those of Hiroshima,” said Domenico Camardo, an archaeologist at the Herculaneum conservation project. “You really get a sense of the horror and tragedy.”

Camardo was speaking as the partially mutilated remains of a Vesuvius victim, found on what would have been the beach of the ancient town in October, were shown to the press on Wednesday.

Archaeologists believe the man, thought to have been aged between 40 and 45, was killed only steps away from the sea as he tried to flee the eruption.

“He was possibly escaping with his treasures,” said Nunzia Laino, a conservator who will be among the team analysing the remains.

The victim’s bones were also a reddish colour, which Francesco Sirano, director of Herculaneum archaeological park, said was the mark of the stains left by the man’s blood.

Source - https://www.theguardian.com/science/2021/dec/01/eruption-of-vesuvius-on-herculaneum-like-hiroshima-bomb-pompei

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So scary, yet so fascinating. Also sad 

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you must go to Pompeii once in your life, it's so fascinating and scary

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Since it said instantly boiled, I hope none of the victims were in pain or suffering before death. 

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5 hours ago, RAMROD said:

Since it said instantly boiled, I hope none of the victims were in pain or suffering before death. 

Some died instantly while others had a more prologued death. The victims dying instantly would have obviously been better because they wouldn't have suffered but that is likely not what happened.

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6 hours ago, papergangster said:

So scary, yet so fascinating. Also sad 

Its sad but we already knew they died. Of all the ways ppl have died of natural disasters or famine throughout human history...

 

A sudden death with barely anytime to feel pain is hardly the worst way to go

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33 minutes ago, Economy said:

Its sad but we already knew they died. Of all the ways ppl have died of natural disasters or famine throughout human history...

 

A sudden death with barely anytime to feel pain is hardly the worst way to go

That is very true!