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Although the destructive explosion of Vesuvius in 79. Pompeii In the city of Pepel, killing one fifth of 20,000 inhabitants and leaving it in ruins, new data show that some survivors – and, possibly, beginners – returned to the ruins of incandescent to restore their lives.
New excavations from Insula Meridionalis (Southern Bloc) in the archaeological park later revealed about natural disasters, signs of home activity and adaptive re -use of ruins.
Researchers now believe that this community after the explosion lived in severe conditions, turning destroyed houses into a kind of settlement of survival.
The upper floors were rebuilt, while the first floor – once elegant Roman spaces – were re -used in basements with bakers and mills.
These settlers may have included not only former inhabitants, but also beginners who had nothing to lose – hoping to survive between garbage or even in order to cancel the valuable things left behind.
“Judging by the archaeological data, this should have been an informal settlement in which people lived in unstable conditions, without infrastructure and services that characterize the Roman city,” the researchers said.
Gabriel Zukhtriggel, the director of the site, added: “Thanks to the new excavations, the picture is now clearer: Pompeii after 1979 will appear, more than the city, unreliable and gray aggregation, a kind of camp, beloved among its still recognizable ruins.”
The research group believes that this period of reorganization could last until the 5th century, when another volcanic event, known as the Pollen Explosion, probably forced the final rejection of this area.