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INSANE: Pompeii excavations reveal two new skeletons - The Real Truth

More than 1,000 victims have been found in the archaeological site south of Naples over the last 250 years [File: Pompeii Archeological Site Press Office via AP]

Archaeologists at Pompeii have uncovered two new skeletons of male victims who likely died in an earthquake that accompanied the devastating volcanic eruption of Mount Vesuvius, which buried the Italian city in ash in 79 AD.

The skeletons, believed to be of men aged at least 55, were found in the Casti Amanti, or House of Chaste Lovers, beneath a wall that collapsed before the area was covered in volcanic material.

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