The haunting figures displayed at Pompeii are not human bodies turned to stone by Mount Vesuvius in 79 A.D. Instead, after victims’ bodies decomposed, they left hollow cavities in the hardened volcanic material. In the 19th century, archaeologist Giuseppe Fiorelli pioneered a technique of pouring plaster into these spaces to recreate the victims’ shapes and final positions. Today, the casts offer a remarkably moving glimpse into the lives lost during the eruption, while modern imaging techniques help researchers learn more about the remains preserved inside some of them…
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