Haunting Casts Preserving Pompeii Victims' Final Moments 2,000 Years Ago Go on Display in a Solemn New Exhibition

Pompeii Reveals the Full Story of Its Final Hours for the First Time

In Pompeii, the casts of the victims in a new permanent exhibition setup. Credit: Italian Ministry of Culture For the first time, a new permanent exhibition at Pompeii presents the full story of the ancient city’s destruction through a museum display centered on the eruption, its victims, and the casts made from their remains. .The exhibition brings together 22 of the clearest and best-preserved casts of victims, along with rare organic finds t…

Haunting Casts Preserving Pompeii Victims' Final Moments 2,000 Years Ago Go on Display in a Solemn New Exhibition

Since 1863, archaeologists have made more than 100 plaster casts, which show how victims died after Mount Vesuvius erupted in 79 C.E. A new exhibition displays 22 of the best-preserved examples