Herculaneum Mystery
  • Nov 30, 2020 7:00 am
  • 52:48
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Tim Thompson of Teesside University uses forensic sleuthing skills to re-examine how the victims of Vesuvius died. BYU's Roger Macfarlane corrects the historical misconception that the last days at Pompeii, leading up to the eruption of Vesuvius, were unusual or particularly decadent.