By The Associated Press
Publication Date: 2026-04-28 05:20:00
This image released by the Italian Ministry of Culture on Monday, April 27, 2026 shows a victim of the 79 AD eruption of Mount Vesuvius in the Pompeii archaeological area near Naples in southern Italy.
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ROME – Archaeologists and researchers at the ancient Roman site of Pompeii have used artificial intelligence for the first time to digitally reconstruct the face of a man who died in the 79 AD eruption of Mount Vesuvius that choked the city, offering a new way to understand one of history’s most famous natural disasters.
The digital portrait depicts a man whose remains, along with…
