Archaeologists have uncovered evidence that four people, including a child, in Pompeii used furniture to block a bedroom door and shield themselves from the eruption of Mount Vesuvius.

Archaeologists have uncovered evidence that four people, including a child, in Pompeii used furniture to block a bedroom door and shield themselves from the eruption of Mount Vesuvius.

Archaeologists have uncovered evidence that four people, including a child, in Pompeii used furniture to block a bedroom door and shield themselves from the eruption of Mount Vesuvius.

4 people sought shelter from the eruption of Mount Vesuvius — and sealed their own fates. ... eerily preserving the victims’ last moments for millennia.