Archeologists in the ancient Roman city of Pompeii have uncovered charcoal sketches drawn by children depicting possibly violent fights they may have witnessed. Gabriel Zuchtriegel, director at the archeological park in Pompeii, says the drawing was likely made by children around six or seven years of age. - REUTERS
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00:00 Together with a psychologist from the Federico Secundo University in Naples, we concluded
00:17 that these drawings of gladiators and hunting were done after direct viewing of the facts,
00:22 not after the pictorial model.
00:24 These drawings were made by very young children, six-year-old or seven-year-old children, as
00:29 is evident both from the human figures drawn as cephalopods, that is legs and arms that
00:34 come out directly from the head.
00:36 Even today, small children draw, so they begin to draw the human figure.
00:41 But there is more.
00:42 One of them also put his hand near the wall, outlining it with charcoal.
00:46 And this gives us a chance to compare the two drawings.
00:49 And we understand that here in Pompeii, even children of tender ages were exposed to an
00:54 extreme form of violence between humans.
00:56 And between humans and animals in the sand in the amphitheater of the ancient city.
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