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Things to do in life: Pompeii

plaster cast of a body from Pompeii
Temple of Jupiter and Mount Vesuvius in the background


In 79 AD the volcano Mount Vesuvius in Italy errupted without warning and the city of Pompeii was burried under a layer of volcanic ash and pumice preserving some of the unlucky inhabitants forever. Excavated some 1600 years later their last moments have been created in plaster.

Once the ash and debris had covered the body of the unfortunate Roman, the body eventually decayed leaving a hollow space. excavators realised this and filled the air pockets with plaster creating a mould of the deceased exactly as they were the moment they died.




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