In the excavation of Pompeii| a stone-encrusted body is found with a bronze medallion bearing a strange Etruscan inscription. Carlo Fiorillo| Italian archaeologist| speculates the robust body may hold some life; medical researcher Paul Mallon scoffs at the idea. But people left alone with the seemingly petrified "faceless man" keep dying of crushed skulls; and Paul's artist fiancée Tina starts having strange visions...