Two equids found beneath collapsed Pompeii bakery reveal dramatic moments of Vesuvius eruption (opens in new tab)

Pompeii’s House of the Chaste Lovers has produced new evidence about the lives of working animals in the ancient city. Archaeologists excavating the bakery complex found the skeletons of two equids, likely horses, donkeys, or mules, buried beneath the remains of a collapsed building. The find offers a rare look at the final hours before […]