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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Roman Collector, post: 4931140, member: 75937&quot;]<a href="https://www.cnn.com/2020/10/05/europe/brain-cells-vesuvius-victim-herculaneum-scn-scli-intl/index.html" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.cnn.com/2020/10/05/europe/brain-cells-vesuvius-victim-herculaneum-scn-scli-intl/index.html" rel="nofollow">CNN is reporting</a> a <a href="https://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0240017" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0240017" rel="nofollow">study that appeared in the journal PLOS One</a> detailing the discovery of intact brain cells of a young man who died in the eruption of Mount Vesuvius.</p><p><br /></p><p>&quot;The discovery was made when the experts studied remains first uncovered in the 1960s in Herculaneum, a city buried by ash during the volcanic eruption in AD 79.</p><p><br /></p><p>&quot;The victim, who was found lying face-down on a wooden bed in a building thought to have been devoted to the worship of the Emperor Augustus, was around 25 years old at the time of his death, according to the researchers.&quot;</p><p><br /></p><p>Here&#039;s the college of the Augustales, where the unfortunate young man was found:</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1185967[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>And to keep it numismatic, here&#039;s a coin of Titus, who was emperor when the eruption occurred, August 24, 79.</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="https://www.cointalk.com/attachments/titus-cos-v-eagle-denarius-jpg.1170638/" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p>Titus as Caesar, AD 69-79.</p><p>Roman AR Denarius, 3.27 g, 18.5 mm, 6 h.</p><p>Rome, AD 76.</p><p>Obv: T CAESAR IMP VESPASIAN, laureate head right.</p><p>Rev: COS V, Eagle standing front on garlanded altar, thunderbolt in claws, wings open, head left.</p><p>Refs: RIC.191a; RIC2.861; BMCRE 191; CBN 166; RSC.59a; RCV 2438.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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