Silent Witnesses of Vesuvius: The Haunting Discovery of Two Work Animals Frozen in Pompeii’s Final Moments
Zuchtriegel continued: “In this case, an equine — a horse or a donkey — which was found inside a house containing beautiful frescoes, the House of the Chaste Lovers… This means more research into not only the human victims, but also the animals, to understand how animals and humans lived and worked together in society some two thousand years ago.”
After reading about the two equids that were found amid the ruins of Pompeii, look through these eerie photos of Pompeii bodies whose final moments were frozen in time by the falling ash of Mount Vesuvius. Then, go inside the colorful history of this collection of Pompeii frescoes.












