He Died at Pompeii, but His Head Wasn’t Crushed by a Block(nytimes.com)
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He Died at Pompeii, but His Head Wasn’t Crushed by a Block
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/06/29/science/pompeii-skull-rock.html
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"They also found that the man had a small sack with an iron key, about 20 silver coins and two bronze coins."
This is exactly what I'd expect to find when searching a skeleton half-buried under a rock in an Elder Scrolls game.
This is exactly what I'd expect to find when searching a skeleton half-buried under a rock in an Elder Scrolls game.
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So, MUCH luckier than previously thought? ;-)
I don't know. I think I'd rather have my head crushed "instantly" by a 600 pound block than asphyxiate over several minutes breathing in hot ash.
The pyroclastic flow can reach 1000C. He has a good chance of being burnt alive instantly.
Says the guy whose fantasy is just playing himself, who said "I'm glad I'm at the top of the food chain"! ;)
What
(notice the funny user name, and google the quote ;)
Cooling Off Hotseattle: http://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,31486,0...
Mr. Famous Comes Home: https://www.forbes.com/asap/1997/1201/144.html
Cooling Off Hotseattle: http://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,31486,0...
Mr. Famous Comes Home: https://www.forbes.com/asap/1997/1201/144.html
Huh? I am not "Patrick Naughton"
Crushed by a block. Thats like dum ways to die. Nearly as bad as poking a stick at a Grizzly Bear.
Annoyingly, the caption of the second photo seems to imply that the man is still considered a danger today. Although the article makes no mention as to why.
... (full stop)
Mt. Vesuvius, continental Europe’s only
active volcano, is still considered a
danger today.The caption consists of two sentences. They say the volcano is considered a danger, not the man.
How many people are going to read this story correcting the original story? A small fraction.
Every time there's some sensational discovery it's all over the media, but whenever there's a retraction or the study fails to be replicated (another huge problem in modern science), the retraction never gets media attention.
It's pop science at its worst.