Excavating Mummified Pompeii Bodies
(Original Caption) 5/1/1961-Naples, Italy - Archaelogical workers extract the mummified bodies of two adults and three children from earthen mold here May 1st. These bodies are victims of an eruption which buried the ancient city of Pompeii in the year 79 A.D., when Mt. Vesuvius erupted.
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515299160
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Bettmann
Date created:
01 May, 1961
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