These Pompeii victims choked on ash while covering themselves with garments

New research published in a paper suggests that some of the people that died in Pompeii during the eruption of Mt. Vesuvius did not die instantly, as other research has suggested. The plaster casts that they studied show that some of the Roman citizens and residents of Pompeii died while choking on ash. This study might show that the people who did not or could not evacuate probably died in different ways.