So her fossilised hair is still there?" | Watch Pompeii: Secrets of the Dead on Channel 5 | Bettany Hughes explores the people of Pompeii as she pieces together the final 24
Pregnant mother in her 20s styled her hair 'and put her little comb on' before trying to flee the erupting Vesuvius nearly 2,000 years ago, historian tells new documentary exploring Pompeii
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