Pompeii family used their bed to block a bedroom door during the eruption, new volcano science reveals. Archaeologists uncovered this ancient bedroom blunder, showing era-spanning panic interior design.

Digging deeper, volcano science shows that the Pompeii family’s desperate bed-as-barricade strategy sealed their room, trapping heat and ash inside. This ancient bedroom blunder turned the bed from a shield into a deadly snare, immortalizing Pompeii family folly for the ages.