The Pompeii Archaeological Park Director said the victims were killed not by volcanic ash but by collapsing buildings.
The skeletons were recovered from a building known as the"House of the Painters at Work", and are probably of two men in their 50s who died in an earthquake that accompanied the eruption, a ministry statement said.
"Modern excavation techniques help us to better understand the inferno that completely destroyed the city of Pompeii over two days, killing many inhabitants", the German archaeologist said. The Culture Ministry said"at least 15-20% of the population" was killed. Over the past two and a half centuries, archaeologists have recovered the remains of more than 1,300 victims.
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