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Pompeii Clothing Suggests We’re Wrong About When Vesuvius Erupted

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We’ve known for certain, for quite some time, that the day Mount Vesuvius famously erupted, blanketing the Roman city of Pompeii in ash, killing everyone in this blast zone, entombing them for eternity, happened on August 24, 79 CE. And yet, new research suggests that the people who died that day were dressed for colder […] The post Pompeii Clothing Suggests We’re Wrong About When Vesuvius Erupted appeared first on VICE.

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