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Fuckoff555 on February 1, 2025 9:42 am [https://www.livescience.com/archaeology/4-000-year-old-footprints-near-pompeii-show-people-fleeing-mount-vesuvius-eruption-thousands-of-years-before-the-famous-one](https://www.livescience.com/archaeology/4-000-year-old-footprints-near-pompeii-show-people-fleeing-mount-vesuvius-eruption-thousands-of-years-before-the-famous-one)
lotsanoodles on February 1, 2025 10:07 am Yes the other bronze age Vesuvian disaster. Much lesser known.
Fiskerr on February 1, 2025 12:37 pm If they started running 2000 years before the eruption there’s a good chance they made it out safely
Accaracca on February 1, 2025 3:08 pm how can we be sure these are running-in-fear footprints and not pacing-on-the-phone footprints
wanderingpeddlar on February 1, 2025 10:14 pm Several reactions Cool 4000 year old footprints fleeing a volcano People never learn do they?
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Yes the other bronze age Vesuvian disaster. Much lesser known.
If they started running 2000 years before the eruption there’s a good chance they made it out safely
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how can we be sure these are running-in-fear footprints and not pacing-on-the-phone footprints
This is incredible, I never knew about this
this is crazy
amazing
Seems highly speculative
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Cool 4000 year old footprints fleeing a volcano
People never learn do they?