A new project is performing CAT scans on the plaster casts of the victims of Pompeii. Photo: Mario Caporta/AFP
Posted on 09/30/2015 12:36:18 AM PDT by SunkenCiv
A new project is performing CAT scans on the plaster casts of the victims of Pompeii. Photo: Mario Caporta/AFP
It’s so weird to be looking at casts with real dead people inside contorted exactly as they were at the moment of their death. Being in that room with them must have been eerie to say the least.
I’d love to see them sometime, but ditto what you said. Some of the bones survived, including at least partial craniums and mandibles, so that the mouths have the original teeth. While none have been identified per se (AFAIK), several people who worked in and were fleeing the temple of Isis were found, still carrying parts of the temple treasury.
Thing about those “trapped” by the Pompeii eruption, they were there because they chose to be.
The volcano had been rumbling for 16 years prior ... plenty of warning to move.
As far as the Pompeii victims are concerned.....to quote Homer (Simpson that is).
At least we'll die doing what we love: inhaling molten rock.
Meanwhile the city itself is crumbling.
Stop wasting euros on this and preserve the rest...You got good enough answers. No need to look further.
‘E’s not dead! ‘E’s jus’ restin’!
‘E’s pinin’ for the fjords!
If you want to know what society was like in Pompei just prior to it’s destruction, do a NOT SAFE FOR WORK web search on the words “Pompeii goat sex” without the quotes.
;’)
Your title gave me a good laugh to start the day. Thanks ;^)
Pumice in the toothpaste?
Thanks for the NSFW warning. Who knew?
There’s nothing like Plaster to bring out a nice, plump, rosy glow!
The volcano had been rumbling for 16 years prior ... plenty of warning to move.
Thing about those “trapped” by the American collapse, they were there because they chose to be.
Fedzillia had been rumbling for 16 years prior ... plenty of warning to move.
Saw an exhibit of Pompei artifacts including some of these eerie body casts. Amazing how they were preserved, but it was unnerving knowing that you were witnessing the moment of their death frozen in time.
***On Monday, more of the casts were placed on stretchers and taken to be scanned***
I know about the filling of the cavaties with plaster to get the cast of the victims, but years ago National Geographic also had an article on how so many bodies were found then were no longer pouring plaster in them, just breaking them open.
The photos showed dozens of skeletons when the cavities were broken open. Would not it have been easier to examine those bones without plaster on them?
I’ve got an interesting book EROS IN POMPEII which shows the art from THE FORBIDDEN ROOMS. Very interesting life they had. Makes “Fellini Satyricon” more understandable.
I bought the book because it had a complete description of what happened written at the time by Pliny the Younger who witnessed the disaster and the loss his dad Pliny the Elder.
“For sure, they ate better than we did,”
Yet the average life span was only 21 years! Yes, 21 years! Must have been that fermented fish sauce killing them off when it wasn’t volcanoes.
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