[cloudbonsai]

I think I found the source paper (written in Itallian):

https://pompeiisites.org/e-journal-degli-scavi-di-pompei/la-...

So the archaeologists think that, after the destruction of 79 A.D., some survivors returned to Pompeii and found their homes half-buried in ash. They tried recover their belongings by digging underground, and some apparently attempted to rebuild their lives in their old homes, because they had nowhere else to go.

While their efforts ultimately proved to be futile, they did leave some historical artifacts behind (e.g. bread oven entirely made of salvaged materials), and the archaeologists recently unearthed them.

[lostlogin]

It’s not hard to imagine people mining the ruins for valuables.

[Drunkfoowl]

We are doing it right now :).