The daily La Repubblica reported on the 17th (local time) that tombs and remains were found near the Porta Sarno Cemetery, 1 km east of the ancient city center of Pompeii.
According to La Repubblica, in the space inside the tomb measuring 1.6 m in width and 2.4 m in height, there were ashes in the shape of a human being.
It is believed that the ashes died before Pompeii was burned to ashes in the eruption of Vesuvius in AD 79.
The skull of the corpse was covered with white hair, and the left ear also retains some shape, La Repubblica said.
Pieces of fabric from the clothes wrapped around the body were also found.
Pompeii Archaeological Park said it was “the best-preserved remains of the remains unearthed in Pompeii.”
He also evaluated that the funeral culture at the time was to cremate the body, and this burial method was very unusual.
The excavation team explained, ” Judging from the contents of the inscription on the tomb, the person found as a remains is probably a liberated freeman named ‘Marcus Benerius Secundio’, who was in charge of the ‘Venus’ temple during his lifetime.”
Pompeii is an ancient city that was buried under the ground for 1500 years after the eruption of the volcano Vesuvius. The present has reached a level where one can vaguely guess the form of the past.
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epa09417574 A handout photo made available by the Pompeii Archeological Park Press Office shows a skeleton in a special tomb with a burial chamber in the Archaeological Park of Pompeii, Italy, 17 August 2021. The tomb features a facade decorated with green plants on a blue background and a room for burial in a period when the bodies of adults were always incinerated in the city. The conditions of conservation of the deceased appear partly mummified, the head covered with white hair, an ear partially preserv 
epa09417577 A handout photo made available by the Pompeii Archeological Park Press Office shows hair details on a partially-mummified in a special tomb with a burial chamber in the Archaeological Park of Pompeii, Italy, 17 August 2021. The tomb features a facade decorated with green plants on a blue background and a room for burial in a period when the bodies of adults were always incinerated in the city. The conditions of conservation of the deceased appear partly mummified, the head covered with white hai 
In this undated photo released by the Pompeii archeological park, a view of the tomb of Marcus Venerius Secundio located in the necropolis of Porta Sarno, in an area not yet open to the public in the east of Pompeii`s urban center. Archaeologists in the ancient city of Pompeii have discovered a remarkably well-preserved skeleton during excavations that also shed light on the cultural life of the city before it was destroyed by a volcanic eruption in AD 79. The discovery is unusual since most adults were cre[ⓒ 매일경제 & mk.co.kr, 무단전재 및 재배포 금지]
