{"id":42369,"date":"2025-08-07T14:53:21","date_gmt":"2025-08-07T14:53:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/new-evidence-at-pompeii-shows-survivors-of-mount-vesuvius-eruption-returned-to-live-in-precarious-conditions\/"},"modified":"2025-08-07T14:53:21","modified_gmt":"2025-08-07T14:53:21","slug":"new-evidence-at-pompeii-shows-survivors-of-mount-vesuvius-eruption-returned-to-live-in-precarious-conditions","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/new-evidence-at-pompeii-shows-survivors-of-mount-vesuvius-eruption-returned-to-live-in-precarious-conditions\/","title":{"rendered":"New evidence at Pompeii shows survivors of Mount Vesuvius eruption returned to live in &#8220;precarious conditions&#8221;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-6606220950177433\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<!-- ItShrt World News -->\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-6606220950177433\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"1882483372\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"auto\"\r\n     data-full-width-responsive=\"true\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script>\r\n<br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"\">\n<p>Archaeologists have discovered new evidence pointing to the reoccupation of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/tag\/pompeii\/\" rel=\"nofollow\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\">Pompeii<\/a> following the 79 AD eruption of Mount Vesuvius that <span class=\"link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/news\/pompeii-dna-evidence-vesuvius-eruption-victims\/\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\">left the city in ruins<\/a><\/span>, the directors of the famous site said Wednesday.<\/p>\n<p>Despite the <span class=\"link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/news\/pompeii-eruption-ancient-gold-treasures-victims\/\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\">massive destruction<\/a><\/span> suffered by Pompeii, an ancient Roman city home to more than 20,000 people before the eruption, some survivors who could not afford to start a new life elsewhere are believed to have returned to live in the devastated area.<\/p>\n<p>Archaeologists believe they were joined by others looking for a place to settle and hoping to find valuable items left by Pompeii&#8217;s earlier residents in the rubble.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Judging by the archaeological data, it must have been an informal settlement where people lived in precarious conditions, without the infrastructure and services typical of a Roman city,&#8221; before the area was completely abandoned in the fifth century, they <a href=\"https:\/\/pompeiisites.org\/comunicati\/pompei-fu-rioccupata-dopo-la-distruzione-del-79-d-c-emergono-nuove-tracce-dal-cantiere-dellinsula-meridionalis\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">said in a statement<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>While some life returned to the upper floors of the old houses, the former ground floors were converted into cellars with ovens and mills.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"embed embed--type-twitter-tweet embed--float-none embed--size-medium lazyload\" data-require=\"third-party\/twitter-widgets\">\n<div class=\"embed__content-wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p lang=\"it\" dir=\"ltr\">Pompei fu rioccupata dopo la distruzione del 79 d.C. &#8211; Emergono nuove tracce dal cantiere dell\u2019Insula Meridionalis <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/I959Uhpijf\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">https:\/\/t.co\/I959Uhpijf<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/4W8iaBpP2V\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">pic.twitter.com\/4W8iaBpP2V<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Pompeii Sites (@pompeii_sites) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/pompeii_sites\/status\/1953082347823284274?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">August 6, 2025<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote><\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p>&#8220;Thanks to the new excavations, the picture is now clearer: post-79 Pompeii reemerges, more than a city, a precarious and grey agglomeration, a kind of camp, a favela among the still recognizable ruins of the Pompeii that once was,&#8221; said Gabriel Zuchtriegel, director of the site.<\/p>\n<p>Evidence that the site was reoccupied had been detected in the past, but in the rush to access Pompeii&#8217;s <span class=\"link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/news\/pompeii-italy-volcano-new-roman-frescoes-uncovered-ancient-city-mount-vesuvius\/\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\">colorful frescoes<\/a><\/span> and <span class=\"link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/news\/pompeii-archaeologists-ancient-tiny-house-elaborate-fresco-paintings\/\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\">still-intact homes<\/a><\/span>, &#8220;the faint traces of the site&#8217;s reoccupation were literally removed and often swept away without any documentation.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The momentous episode of the city&#8217;s destruction in 79 AD has monopolized the memory,&#8221; said Zuchtriegel.<\/p>\n<p>Archaeologists estimate that 15-20% of Pompeii&#8217;s population died in the eruption, mostly from thermal shock as a giant cloud of gases and ash covered the city.<\/p>\n<p>Volcanic ash buried the Roman city, perfectly preserving the homes, public buildings, objects and even the people until its discovery in the late 16th century.<\/p>\n<p>Pompeii, a UNESCO World Heritage Site, is Italy&#8217;s second most-visited tourist spot after the Colosseum in Rome, with some 4.17 million visitors last year. It covers a total area of approximately 22 hectares (54.4 acres), a third of which is still buried under ash.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"embed embed--type-image is-image embed--float-none embed--size-medium\">\n<p>      <span class=\"img embed__content\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/assets3.cbsnewsstatic.com\/hub\/i\/r\/2025\/08\/07\/197a7c0c-8cb7-46f9-9fc2-2cca05fb805c\/thumbnail\/620x413\/b386d2ba027ab3d4e3239f1b23e0593e\/gettyimages-2221705380.jpg#\" alt=\"Archaeological Park of Pompeii draws tourists from around the world \" height=\"413\" width=\"620\" class=\" lazyload\" srcset=\"https:\/\/assets3.cbsnewsstatic.com\/hub\/i\/r\/2025\/08\/07\/197a7c0c-8cb7-46f9-9fc2-2cca05fb805c\/thumbnail\/620x413\/b386d2ba027ab3d4e3239f1b23e0593e\/gettyimages-2221705380.jpg 1x, https:\/\/assets3.cbsnewsstatic.com\/hub\/i\/r\/2025\/08\/07\/197a7c0c-8cb7-46f9-9fc2-2cca05fb805c\/thumbnail\/1240x826\/407214895a65db0c3e5d90c1f4fa6700\/gettyimages-2221705380.jpg 2x\" loading=\"lazy\"\/><\/span><figcaption class=\"embed__caption-container\">\n<p>                  <span class=\"embed__caption\">Tourists visit the Archaeological Park of Pompeii, a site that attracts significant interest from both local and international visitors, in Pompeii, Italy, on June 18, 2025.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p>                  <span class=\"embed__credit\"><\/p>\n<p>                Eliano Imperato\/Anadolu via Getty Images<\/p>\n<p>                          <\/span><br \/>\n              <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The new findings mark the latest in a string of recent discoveries in Pompeii this year.<\/p>\n<p>In April, life-sized statues of a man and a woman were <span class=\"link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/news\/pompeii-tomb-life-sized-statues-found-porta-sarno-necropolis\/\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\">discovered in a tomb<\/a><\/span> at the site. In February,\u00a0<span class=\"link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/news\/pompeii-rare-paintings-god-of-wine-unearthed\/\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\">paintings depicting Dionysus<\/a><\/span>, the Greek god of wine, were discovered. The images were painted on the walls of a large banquet room. 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