Researchers say the nearly life-size figures shed new light on life and religion in Pompeii, which was destroyed when Mt. Vesuvius erupted ... the necropolis of Porta Sarno, which was just outside ...

Mount Vesuvius was erupting ... Archaeologists recently excavated the Porta Sarno necropolis in Pompeii and discovered a funerary relief featuring statues of a life-sized man and woman.

which was destroyed when Mount Vesuvius erupted in 79 AD. Unearthed during ongoing excavations of the tomb just outside the Porto Sarno entrance gates of the dead city, the statue of the woman is ...