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When the volcanic ash fell over Pompeii, bodies were trapped in the ash and pumice. So where a lot of other artifacts that have been recovered.
Over the years, the bodies trapped in the ashes decomposed leaving a void in the ash/pumice in the exact shape of the body when it died.
Archeologists were able to pour plaster into these voids, then break the ash/pumice away, leaving a casting of the body in its last moments before death.
Here are a few of the artifacts...
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TRAVEL: 1978, 2013 -
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Pots, amphora, garden pieces, and one of the trapped "bodies" found by archeologists, Pompeii, Campania, Italy, 2013.
More, pots, amphora, garden pieces, and one of the trapped "bodies" found by archeologists, Pompeii, Campania, Italy, 2013.
A third collection of items found by archeologists, Pompeii, Campania, Italy, 2013.
Detail of one of the "bodies" in their last moments of life, Pompeii, Campania, Italy, 2013.
Bas relief carved into wall column, Pompeii, Campania, Italy, 1978.
Wall fresco of a snake, Pompeii, Campania, Italy, 2013.
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