Pompeii Casts: Preserved Victims of Mount Vesuvius Eruption #3692452 (License: Personal Use)

The image shows four plaster casts of victims from the eruption of Mount Vesuvius in 79 CE, displayed in a dimly lit museum exhibit. Each cast preserves the individual’s posture at the moment of death-some curled in agony, others seated or lying-revealing poignant human stories buried under ash for centuries. The casts were made by Giuseppe Fiorelli in the 1860s using a pioneering technique that injected plaster into cavities left in hardened ash.

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