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Italian archaeologists
have found what might be the best preserved Bronze Age village in
the world.
The settlement
was buried during an eruption by Mount Vesuvius centuries before
it wiped out Pompeii.
The find at
Nola has been described as sensational by experts.
The mud which
flowed from the volcano filled and surrounded all the buildings
creating a plaster cast mould of them.
The Daily Telegraph
reports that among the items found were bones of hams, a decorated
hat and even a kiln in which a pot was being fired when disaster
struck.
Professor Stefano
De Caro, the chief archaeologist, said: "In other words, we
found life in progress."
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