In reality, among the ash-covered bodies buried by the volcano, archaeologists did find two people actually embracing together (although not in the position depicted in the movie), and they are now known as "The Lovers of Pompeii". At first thought to be a young couple and later two members of the same family, recent DNA studies have shown the "lovers" to both be young men in their late teens/ early twenties and not related to each other. Also, the corpse of a very large man, probably from North Africa, was really found in Pompeii's arena.

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