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- Archaeologists used artificial intelligence to create the first visual portrait of a Pompeii victim.
- The AI model reconstructed a male adult near the southern gate, showing him shielding with a bowl as Mount Vesuvius loomed.
- Archaeologists think he died from rocks on day one while fleeing toward the sea with a lamp and ten bronze coins.
- Director Gabriel Zuchtriegel said AI could renew classical studies through immersive ancient-world illustrations.
