Wed, 08/23/2023 - 14:00 Gizmodo Environment Researchers studying the remains of six individuals from Pompeii concluded they asphyxiated during the volcanic eruption that doomed the town nearly 2,000 years ago.Read more... Tags pompeii, Environment, lava, tephra, giuseppe fiorelli, eruption of mount vesuvius in 79 ad, pyroclastic flow, mount vesuvius, gianni gallello, llorenc alapont, volcano, types of volcanic eruptions, herculaneum, volcanism, pompeii in popular culture Source X-Ray Analysis of Pompeii Victims’ Bones Suggest They Suffocated to Death