00:00Two more skeletons have been found on the grounds of Pompeii, Italy's ancient Roman city that was wiped out by
00:07an eruption of the Mount Vesuvius volcano nearly 2,000 years ago.
00:11Italy's culture ministry said the human remains are likely of two men in their 50s who died in an earthquake
00:18that accompanied the eruption.
00:19When examining the cause of death, the park's archaeological director said they weren't killed by volcanic ash but by building
00:27collapses.
00:27Not in that wall fragments were found between their fractured bones.
00:31Back in 79 AD, Pompeii was the home of about 13,000 people.
00:36The volcanic eruption killed at least 15 to 20 percent of the population and over the past two and a
00:42half centuries, archaeologists have recovered the remains of more than 1,300 victims.
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