Pompeii unveils violent images drawn by children 2,000 years ago [Video]

A new discovery in Italy suggests children in ancient Rome drew violent images from the events of their daily lives. 

Experts say the children used to witness gladiator fights and hunting scenes and later sketched them on their mansions’ walls.

The findings came during restoration work at the famous Pompeii archaeological park.

The drawings were in charcoal and assumed to be from the hands of a child, “due to the simplicity of the execution, the naive nature of the line and the simplifications of the iconographic schemes,” a press release stated. 

The site’s director Gabriel Zuchtriegel says the graffiti was likely made by children around 5-7 years of age due to the sketches showing legs and arms coming straight out of the head.

Researchers believe the children drew these after witnessing the events firsthand, not by recreating a scene from another pictorial model. 

“Probably one or more of the children who played in this courtyard … …