The casts help us to be mindful of the human tragedy at Pompeii, as we appreciate their artwork and the material of their everyday lives. Despite this, I feel more could be done to allow visitors a ...

Pompeii’s plaster cast human figures aren't who they were assumed to be, genetic tests have revealed, highlighting the way ...

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Observers see stories in the plaster casts later made ... ancient DNA from the human remains that still exist. ''They have a better overview of what's happening in Pompeii because they analyzed ...

When an ancient Roman resident of the coastal city Herculaneum was struck down by the eruption of Mount Vesuvius, what ...

Moreover, the passage of time has softened the horror of Vesuvius’ human toll ... moments are brought eerily to life by plaster casts of Pompeii and Herculaneum’s residents at the moment ...

This is a cast of the famous bronze statuette of a dancing faun or satyr from the Tuscan impluvium of the House of the Faun at Pompeii (Pompeii VI.12.2), for which the house is named. The lean, ...

The casts help us to be mindful of the human tragedy at Pompeii, as we appreciate their artwork and the material of their everyday lives. Despite this, I feel more could be done to allow visitors ...