Preserved Forever
Pompeii, Italy
Near Naples
Campania Region
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Imagine yourself in Pompeii at the time of the eruption, there was no escape from the spewing ash and lava, you died where you stood or slept. The person in the glass case, man or woman, was holding their arm in front of their face as if to protect themselves, but to no avail.
Pompeii was destroyed and buried under 4 to 6 m (13 to 20 ft) of volcanic ash and pumice in the eruption of Mount Vesuvius in 79 AD.
When Pompeii was excavated plaster was used to fill in the voids in the ash layers that once held human bodies. This allowed one to see the exact position the person was in when he or she died.
Preserved Forever
Pompeii, Italy
Near Naples
Campania Region
Click here to enlarge Image-
www.flickr.com/photos/42964440@N08/24133959770/in/photost...
Imagine yourself in Pompeii at the time of the eruption, there was no escape from the spewing ash and lava, you died where you stood or slept. The person in the glass case, man or woman, was holding their arm in front of their face as if to protect themselves, but to no avail.
Pompeii was destroyed and buried under 4 to 6 m (13 to 20 ft) of volcanic ash and pumice in the eruption of Mount Vesuvius in 79 AD.
When Pompeii was excavated plaster was used to fill in the voids in the ash layers that once held human bodies. This allowed one to see the exact position the person was in when he or she died.