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Creepy DiscoveriesApr 28, 2026

The Boathouse Victims

The Boathouse Victims In 79 AD, Vesuvius erupted near Herculaneum. Hundreds fled to stone boathouses by the shore. They waited for rescue ships that never came. A 500°C cloud of gas hit them. Their flesh vaporized in an instant. Starting in 1980, archaeologists found 340 skeletons still huddled together.

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