New exhibit shows plaster casts of Pompeii victims frozen at time of death 古代都市ポンペイを襲った火砕流、犠牲者像を常設展示に 遺体の跡を型取り、「最期」を忠実に再現
A view of the Pompeii Archeological Park, near Naples, southern Italy, 2022. (AP Photo/File)
More than 20 plaster casts of victims who died in the catastrophic volcano eruption in Pompeii went on display for the first time March 12 in a permanent exhibition at the archaeological park of Pompeii in Italy.
The casts, which scholars call “imprints of pain,” dramatically capture the position e...