pompeii body casts

From Sorrento we drove to Pompeii in the pouring rain. The drive... The body casts of some of those killed by the eruption were on display in various areas and provided a suitable humbling reminder of the nature of the destruction. The sun...


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Plaster Cast-Pompeii


Photograph of the cast of a


Crouching man body cast


Body at Pompeii


A plaster cast from Pompeii

The largest collection of body casts ever to leave Pompeii is on display in New York City. The exhibit details the life of residents just before the eruption of Mt. Vesuvius, as well as the forms they left behind in the ashes.
Pompeii Body Casts Invade New York | It's all about Nutrition

“Pompeii the Exhibit: Life and Death in the Shadow of Vesuvius” opened Friday at New York City's Discovery Times Square museum. It boasts the largest collection of plaster body casts ever displayed at one time, plus...
pompeii body casts