💀 🔱The Boathouses at Herculaneum, Intense heat and volcanic ash killed hundreds in a brief moment🔥🏛️

 💀 🔱The Boathouses at Herculaneum...Intense heat and volcanic ash killed hundreds in a brief moment🔥🏛️

  ✅Approximately 300 to 340 skeletons were found in the boathouses of Herculaneum, where people had gathered to shelter during the eruption of Mount Vesuvius in AD 79. They were killed by the intense heat of a pyroclastic flow that reached the waterfront, rather than the initial ash fall. 

✅ Details : Among the bodies was found a mother comforting her young son, and a ‘Lady with the rings’, so called because of the rings and precious jewels found around her. There was also the remains of a pregnant mother, with the tiny bones of her seven-month-old fetus beneath her. The skeleton of a man clutching a small leather bag (believed to hold his valuable items) was also found.

💀 Cause of death : The victims were trapped in the boathouses while waiting for rescue, but they were overtaken by the intense heat of the pyroclastic surges. The heat was so extreme that it vaporized their soft tissues, leaving behind only skeletal remains. 

💀 Evidence of the impact: The skeletons provide a testament to the eruption's power. Some show signs of sudden death, such as shattered bones and shattered teeth, while others, particularly those on the exposed beach, were instantly killed by thermal shock. 

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