We are used to seeing dead bodies in movies and TV shows, but how should we feel when presented with a dead person from the ancient past in a museum? The collection and display of human remains is a ...

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NARRATOR: A plaster cast taken from a cavity has revealed ... Since its rediscovery, over 1,000 bodies have been uncovered at Pompeii. While it's believed many victims remain buried, this would ...

Pompeii, April 6 - A cast of two embracing figures taken at Pompeii is that of two male lovers, Superintendent Massimo Osanna said after new findings Thursday. "Pompeii never ceases to amaze," he ...

Set in 79 A.D., POMPEII tells the epic story of Milo (Kit Harington), a slave turned invincible gladiator who finds himself in a race against time to save his true love Cassia (Emily Browning ...

In a city buried under feet of ash and debris from the eruption of Mount Vesuvius in A.D. 79, archaeologists have announced ...

The Art of Plaster Casting: Unveiling Pompeii’s Victims Fiorelli’s technique involved pouring liquid plaster into the hollow spaces left by decomposed bodies ... One cast, thought to depict ...

At Pompeii, Italian archaeologists begin the biggest dig in a generation, where they find a bakery, a wealthy house and a fresco of a so-called ‘pizza’, and make a grisly discovery.

While the physical bodies from which they were created ... as contemporary sculptures. Copies of a cast of two victims at the exhibition “Pompeii and Santorini: Eternity in a Day at the Scuderie ...