Monday, 14 September 2009

pompeii bodies

Pompeii. Today is a lovely day trip out to Napoli and then Pompeii. Through some pre-arranged discussion the previous night, my roommate Isaak and I decided to go together to visit the magical town that was unique in that it...

that these bodies make up
that these bodies make up

Pompeii has intrigued us ever
Pompeii has intrigued us ever

Pompeii bodies cast in Plaster
Pompeii bodies cast in Plaster

Plaster Cast-Pompeii
Plaster Cast-Pompeii

Explaining the Pompeii bodies
Explaining the Pompeii bodies

Casts of Bodies at Pompeii
Casts of Bodies at Pompeii

The 'Pompeii' of the Western Front: Archaeologists find the bodies of 21 tragic World War One German soldiers in perfectly preserved trenches where they were buried alive by an Allied shell. February 12, 2012. Men were killed when a huge...
The 'Pompeii' of the Western Front: Archaeologists find the bodies of ...

Of course, one of the spectacular things about the digs at Pompeii is the plaster casts of the bodies of the men and women who died in the eruption. I only managed to find one of the casts in the city, but it was haunting.
pompeii bodies

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