Pompeii bodies

In 79 CE, volcanic Mount Vesuvius erupted and buried Pompeii, Italy. Hidden from the world beneath pumice and ash, it was all but forgotten for ...

IT is an iconic image which conveys the human dimension of one of the world’s worst natural disasters that still resonates 2,000 years later. Two bodies found wrapped in a poignant embrace in their final moments as they were covered beneath molten rock and layers of ash in the ancient city of Pompeii when Mount Vesuvius violently erupted in 79 A.D. The bodies were dubbed "The Two Maidens" when they were first discovered but in a startling discovery this week scientists found the two bodies…

Archaeologists have spent the past year carefully restoring and scanning the preserved bodies of 86 Romans who died when Mount Vesuvius erupted in Pompeii in 79AD.

We are all familiar with the cast bodies of mount Vesuvius's victims but have you ever wondered what the people of Pompeii may have looked like? What they wore? Although we know a lot about the ancient people of Pompeii, their looks still are a bit of a mystery. By discovering more and more artefacts within the lost city, we have gotten a better understanding of these late people and how they would have looked like before their demise. What happened to the People in Pompeii? The Pompeii…

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In 79 CE, volcanic Mount Vesuvius erupted and buried Pompeii, Italy. Hidden from the world beneath pumice and ash, it was all but forgotten for ...

Fast-moving lava hit the citizens of Pompei quickly. They were enveloped by the flow, which quickly cooled and hardened. As it did, the bodies of those who fell victim to this historic catastrophe inevitably decomposed, leaving cavities in the now newly-formed rock. Pouring plaster into these cavities produced some rather compelling statues of the victims. Arguably the most authentic form of art you can find. Certainly the most tragic.

In 79 CE, volcanic Mount Vesuvius erupted and buried Pompeii, Italy. Hidden from the world beneath pumice and ash, it was all but forgotten for ...

Of all the haunting images of Pompeii that have been uncovered in the three centuries since the archaeological site was rediscovered, it is the plaster casts of the many victims that drives the tragedy home to the heart. As we...Read More

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