pompeii body casts

Check out details at http://www.cincymuseum.org/pompeii. Follow me on twitter: @travischilds. A visitor reads on through the timeline of Mt. Vesuvius. Body casts uncovered from those who didn't escape... Visitors viewing the...


What Are Body Casts?


Plaster Cast-Pompeii


Photograph of the cast of a


Crouching man body cast


Body at Pompeii


A plaster cast from Pompeii

The middle of the exhibit featured the famous body casts that suspend the horror of the Vesuvius eruption of AD 79 that destroyed (and preserved!) Pompeii under 12 or so feet of ash. Graphics Large, illustrated wall graphics...
Review of A Day in Pompeii by Matt Kirchman - ExhibitFiles

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