ROME, ITALY—Archaeologists excavating a shop on the outskirts of Pompeii
have found four skeletons, several gold coins, and a necklace pendant,
according to an Associated Press
report. The skeletons belonged to young people who died in the back of
the shop when nearby Mount Vesuvius erupted in A.D. 79. There was an
oven in the shop that the archaeologists believe may have been used to
make bronze objects. There is evidence that the shop was targeted by
looters seeking treasure after the eruption, but they apparently missed
the gold coins and the gold-leaf-foil, flower-shaped pendant.
Archaeologists have been excavating a second shop as well, though they
are unsure what its purpose was. The dig has also turned up a
fourth-century B.C. tomb containing an adult skeleton surrounded by six
black vases.
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