Lice buried under the ashes of Herculaneum

On Aug, 24, 79 AD, during the festival of the Divine Augustus, a dramatic eruption of Mount Vesuvius overwhelmed Pompeii, Herculaneum, and several other nearby small towns and villages, burying unique archeological treasures and many inhabitants under a hail of ashes and pumice or steaming mud lava.1Grant M Cities of Vesuvius, Pompeii and Herculonum. The Macmillan Company, New York1971Google Scholar The eruption is vividly described by Pliny the...