
Accepted scholarship has always maintained that Pompeii’s victims were killed by suffocation. But re-examination of casts and skeletal remains suggests another cause of death.
Decoding the Past
Accepted scholarship has always maintained that Pompeii’s victims were killed by suffocation. But re-examination of casts and skeletal remains suggests another cause of death.
How were archaeologists able to retrieve such life-like casts of the bodies of Vesuvius’s victims? The key to the revival of Pompeii’s citizens is plaster, along with care and patience.
Recent wall collapses at Pompeii have highlighted the fragility of the site. Is there hope of conserving Pompeii for future research and excavation?
Popular culture states that Mount Vesuvius erupted on 24th August 79 AD, but new examinations of evidence suggest a later eruption date, in October.
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