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INTERPRETING AND INVESTIGATING THE REMAINS IN PORTA SARNO A new paper published in the journal PLoS ONE describes a multidisciplinary analysis of seven plaster casts from Pompeii and concludes that these victims, at least, likely survived the early eruption and died some 20 hours later from asphyxiation. Archaeologists - authors of the latest study - decided to focus their efforts on six casts from the Porta Nola area of Pompeii Archaeological Park and one from the city's suburban baths. These Pompeii victims choked on ash while covering themselves with garments | Ars Technica