Pompeii archaeologists use AI to reconstruct man killed in volcano's eruption

This image released by the Italian Culture Ministry on Monday, April 27, 2026, shows a victim of the AD 79 eruption of Mount Vesuvius, in the Pompeii archaeological area near Naples in southern Italy. AP/Italian Culture Ministry hide caption toggle caption AP/Italian Culture Ministry ROME — Archaeologists and researchers at the ancient Roman site of Pompeii have used artificial intelligence for the first time to digitally reconstruct the face of a man killed in the AD 79 eruption of Mount …