Pompeii’s Plaster People: 2,000 Years of Tragedy Captured
On August 24, 79 AD, the city of Pompeii, a prosperous Roman city located in southern Italy, was suddenly buried under a shower of ash and pumice after the catastrophic eruption of Mount Vesuvius. This natural disaster, which claimed the lives of thousands of people, left Pompeii frozen in time, making it an unparalleled window into the daily life of the Roman Empire. Among the most impressive discoveries made at this archaeological site are the human figures, casts that capture with heartbreaking precision the last moments of the inhabitants of Pompeii. The discovery of these human figures began in the...
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