The bodies were not stone, but they had been covered in ash which then hardened, creating hallows where the bodies were. The people who uncovered Pompeii poured plaster into the holes creating plaster casts.
An ancient volcano named Mt. Vesuvius near Pompeii turned people into stone.
An ancient volcano named Mt. Vesuvius near Pompeii turned people into stone.
stone by stone
Both rich and poor people in Pompeii slept in their bedrooms.Both rich and poor people in Pompeii slept in their bedrooms.Both rich and poor people in Pompeii slept in their bedrooms.Both rich and poor people in Pompeii slept in their bedrooms.Both rich and poor people in Pompeii slept in their bedrooms.Both rich and poor people in Pompeii slept in their bedrooms.Both rich and poor people in Pompeii slept in their bedrooms.Both rich and poor people in Pompeii slept in their bedrooms.Both rich and poor people in Pompeii slept in their bedrooms.
I think that the ash and volcanic bombs covered the people preserving them and quite litteraly turning them into stone-like figures.
Stone houses, with flat rooves and hand-made bricks.
Most of the houses or buildings in Pompeii were made of stone
A volcano erupted, killed them all but left people shaped are pockets. We filled those pockets in with concrete, creating the Pompeii statues.
Marble, stone and volcanic rocks.
Volcanic debris, ash, pumice stone.
The Rosetta Stone was carved in 196 B.C. Napoleon's troops rediscovered it in 1799.
Stone Phalluses of Pompeii