简介：InanexcavationsitescientistsuncoverthebodyofagladiatorfromtheruinsofPompeii,stone-encrustedwithabronzemedallionbearingastrangeEtruscaninscription.CarloFiorillo,Italianarchaeologist,speculatestherobustbodymayholdsomelife;medicalresearcherPaulMallonscoffsattheidea.Butpeopleleftalonewiththeseeminglypetrified"facelessman"keepdyingofcrushedskulls;andPaul'sartistfiance,Tina,startshavingstrangevisions.…