Ars Technica

These Pompeii victims choked on ash while covering themselves with garments

In the 1870s, archaeologists made plaster casts of those who died when Mount Vesuvius erupted in 79 CE, pouring the plaster into the voids left by decomposed bodies. The casts can still be viewed ...

Step back to Pompeii at immersive London experience

The exhibition isn’t just entertainment, it offers a haunting yet eye-opening glimpse into the lives frozen by Mount Vesuvius ...
Smithsonian Magazine

DNA Evidence Is Rewriting the Stories of Victims Who Perished in Pompeii Nearly 2,000 Years Ago

Four plaster casts from the House of the Golden Bracelet were made in 1974. Archaeological Park of Pompeii In the ruins of Pompeii, visitors aren’t only able to see the houses, frescos and artifacts ...
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Destroy the copy - plaster cast collections in the 19th-20th centuries demolition, defacement, disposal in Europe and beyond edited by Annetta Alexandridis and Lorenz Winkler ...

Introduction / Annetta Alexandridis and Lorenz Winkler-Horaček -- I. (Post)colonial contexts -- Introduction / Annetta Alexandridis -- The (mis)performance of cast collections / Henrik Holm -- The ...