Reconstructing the Faces of Pompeii Victims
Using advanced technology, scientists are reconstructing what citizens of ancient Pompeii looked like before the enormous volcanic eruption that took their lives. Subscribe to Science Channel:...
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Narrator: IT TOOK JUST 18 HOURS FOR POMPEIITO BE BURIED UNDER MILLIONSOF TONS OF VOLCANIC ASH AND PUMICE.AN ENTIRE LIVING CITY WIPED OUT,THOUSANDS OF ITS PEOPLE BURIED ALIVE.THE SUPER-HEATED AIR BURNS THEIR LUNGSAND MELTS THEIR MUSCLES.THEIR TWISTED AND CONTORTED BODIESWERE QUICKLY BURIED IN ASH.A TEAM OF SCIENTISTS IS NOW STUDYING 15 BODIESTHAT WERE FOUND TOGETHER IN THE EAST OF THE CITY.THE ODD POSITIONS THESE BODIES WERE FOUNDIN INTRIGUES TEAM LEADER LLORENç ALAPONT.Narrator: TO DO SO, THEY'RE SCANNING THE CASTSIN MORE DETAIL THAN EVER BEFORE,TAKING HIGH-RESOLUTION PHOTOGRAPHSAND THEN X-RAYS OF THEIR BONES LOCKED INSIDE.Narrator: ONE CAST IS PARTICULARLY WELL PRESERVED.LLORENç HAS ALREADY UNLOCKED PERSONAL DETAILSOF THIS MAN'S LIFE.THIS YOUNG MAN...
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Narrator: IT TOOK JUST 18 HOURS FOR POMPEIITO BE BURIED UNDER MILLIONSOF TONS OF VOLCANIC ASH AND PUMICE.AN ENTIRE LIVING CITY WIPED OUT,THOUSANDS OF ITS PEOPLE BURIED ALIVE.THE SUPER-HEATED AIR BURNS THEIR LUNGSAND MELTS THEIR MUSCLES.THEIR TWISTED AND CONTORTED BODIESWERE QUICKLY BURIED IN ASH.A TEAM OF SCIENTISTS IS NOW STUDYING 15 BODIESTHAT WERE FOUND TOGETHER IN THE EAST OF THE CITY.THE ODD POSITIONS THESE BODIES WERE FOUNDIN INTRIGUES TEAM LEADER LLORENç ALAPONT.Narrator: TO DO SO, THEY'RE SCANNING THE CASTSIN MORE DETAIL THAN EVER BEFORE,TAKING HIGH-RESOLUTION PHOTOGRAPHSAND THEN X-RAYS OF THEIR BONES LOCKED INSIDE.Narrator: ONE CAST IS PARTICULARLY WELL PRESERVED.LLORENç HAS ALREADY UNLOCKED PERSONAL DETAILSOF THIS MAN'S LIFE.THIS YOUNG MAN...
