[USP 1995] Women in ancient Pompeii were not a...

30 USP 1995 - Inglês

Women in ancient Pompeii were not all like the classical beauties depicted on the city’s famous frescoes(*. A substantial minority of those who died when Mount Vesuvius erupted in AD 79 were obese, a bit on the hairy side and would have suffered from headaches and a form of diabetes, according to Estelle Lazer, an archaeologist and physical anthropologist at the University of Sidney. She says about 10 per cent of the city’s women would have suffered from these systems because they had a minor hormonal disorder called hyperostosis frontalis interna(HFI).

("New Scientist", September 24, 1994)

(* frescoes - afrescos (modalidade de pintura mural)

According to the text:

When Mount Vesuvius erupted in AD 79 it caused headaches, diabetes and hormonal disorders among the women of Pompeii.

Estelle Lazer is an archaeologist who is studying the classical beauties depicted on the famous frescoes of Pompeii.

as stated by Estelle Lazer, a substantial minority of women in ancient Pompeii were obese, somewhat hairy and not very healthy.

Estelle Lazer says about 10% of the women of Pompeii suffered from a minor hormonal disorder due to the eruptions of Mount Vesuvius.

only 10% of the women of ancient Pompeii were like the classical beauties depicted on the city’s famous frescoes.