The eerie ruins and the famous casts of Pompeii represent an invaluable window into the dramatic event.
The results of the bone analysis isnt the sole evidence pointing towards asphyxiation.
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Its estimated that the six Pompeians lost their lives about 20 hours after the first eruption.
This is particularly important, as the asphyxia suggestion is limited to the six samples.
Its likely that the catastrophic event killed people in different ways.
Think ofexcavation robots,or theuse of space techfor the documentation and discovery of historic sites.
Business opportunities are also emerging, with a significant number of Europeanstartupsactive in this yet uncrowded field.
A notable example is UK-based ArchAI, founded by archaeologist-turned-computer scientist Iris Kramer.
The company usesAImodels to automatically detect archaeological sites on earth observation data.
Story byIoanna Lykiardopoulou
Ioanna is a writer at TNW.
With a background in the humanities, she has a soft spot for social impact-enabling technologies.
