Storage by Incognita Nom de Plume on Flickr.
Cast taken from the vacancy left by a decayed body in compacted volcanic ash. It is stored on site at Pompeii, with many other archeological finds, in a dusty open shed closed only by a chainlink fence. Pompeii, Italy
The skeletons of Herculaneum and body casts of Pompeii might have been what first got me fascinated with archaeology and human remains. As a kid, I had a copy of National Geographic’s May 1984 issue (cover story: “The Dead Do Tell Tales at Vesuvius”), and I thumbed through it constantly, wearing down the binding.
Most unforgettable was the Ring Lady:
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