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The bodies decomposing left a small cavity surrounding the remains. The ash hardened leaving a mold of the person containing just the bones. They located the cavity, drilled a small hole, filled the hole with plaster, then removed the plaster cast containing the bones from the ash.
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Where did the dead bodies of Pompeii reserved?
The dead bodies in Pompeii were preserved by the volcanic ash and pumice that covered the city when Mount Vesuvius erupted in AD 79. The ash quickly cooled and solidified around the bodies, creating casts of the victims when the bodies decomposed.
What were houses in Pompeii made of?
Most of the houses or buildings in Pompeii were made of stone
What is the name of the sea close to pompeii?
The city is off the coast of the Mediterranean Sea.
Where did the people of Pompeii come from?
The people of Pompeii primarily descended from indigenous Italic tribes, while also incorporating influences from Greek settlers and later Roman conquerors. The city's population was a mix of local Italians, immigrants, and expatriates, creating a diverse and cosmopolitan community.
What have archaeologists learned about life at the height of of the Roman Empire from the excavations at Pompeii?
people have found that life in Pompeii was a lot like our world today without all the electric things.
When people rediscovered Pompeii where the body's stone?
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.
Why did casts form in Pompeii?
Bodies where buried under volcanic ash. The bodies themselves decayed but left cavities that preseved their dying poses. Archaeologists later poured plaster into these cavities to form casts of the people.
How many body casts in pompeii?
About 2,000
Where did the dead bodies of Pompeii reserved?
The dead bodies in Pompeii were preserved by the volcanic ash and pumice that covered the city when Mount Vesuvius erupted in AD 79. The ash quickly cooled and solidified around the bodies, creating casts of the victims when the bodies decomposed.
How are the statues of the dead people in Pompeii made?
The statues of the dead people in Pompeii were made by pouring liquid plaster into the cavities left by their decayed bodies. This process created detailed casts that preserved the final poses and expressions of the victims at the moment of their deaths during the eruption of Mount Vesuvius in 79 AD.
Is it impossible to make plaster casts of the newly found bodies of Herculaneum because their bodies were vaporized immediately by a pyroclastic surge?
It is not possible to make the same kind of casts at Herculaneum as Fiorelli made in Pompeii. In Pompeii, the ash fallout settled around bodies then hardened, creating a cavity in the shape of the body. Herculaneum experienced different conditions to Pompeii in the eruption; it was covered in a thick layer of hot volcanic material sometimes described as 'mud' which did not harden around the shape of the bodies in the same way as the ash did in Pompeii. So the remains that have been found in Herculaneum have been skeletons, (remembering that of course in Pompeii a skeleton is inside the plaster cast, and many skeletons were also found there that were not cast).Interestingly, the casting technique is today being used to make a modern cast of the actual remains; these can be displayed without the issue of whether human remains should be viewed. Some of the skeletons of Herculaneum from the beachfront have been recently cast in this way for display purposes.See 'Pompeii & Herculaneum: Interpreting the Evidence' by Dr Brian Brennan and Dr Estelle Lazer.
What happened with the decayed bodies from Pompeii?
An archeologist called Fiorelli found that the hollow spaces underground in which the the bodies were found were actually imprints of the exact positions the people died in. So he filled the chambers with plaster which created casts of the bodies that looked exactly as the person had when they died, right down to their facial expressions and the details on their clothing.
Are the dead people still in Pompeii?
Some casts of the dead are kept on display in Pompeii. The rest are kept in storage and I believe that some are are located in the Naples Archaeology Museum.
Did Mt Vesuvius destroy Pompeii?
Yes it did. In 79 AD the eruption of Valcano Mount Vesuvius completely buried Pompeii and its sister city, Herculaneam. they were accidentally rediscovered over 1,500 years later in 1599 when they were digging sewage lines. Pompeii was buried in ash and herculaneum was covered in boiling mud. in fact, in herculaneum, the people who were trapped in the mud the bodies have disinegrated, leaving plaster like casts in the excact positions that the bodies were when they died.
Were the people in Mount Vesuvius turned to stone?
No. The people of Pompeii and Herculaneum were buried under hot ash. They eventually decayed, leaving hollow cavities. Archaeologists later poured plaster into these cavities, forming casts of the people's bodies.
Why were Pompeii bodies preserved?
since lava is so hot, it completely obliviates the organism, but leaves a hollow gap under the hardening ash an stuff where it once was, excavators find the hollow gap and fill it with plaster to resemble the shape of the bodies quite nicely, but not always perfectly
Why is Pompeii a dangerous place to live?
Pompeii is considered a dangerous place to live because on August 24, 79 AD Mt. Vesuvius erupted and covered and preserved Pompeii with volcanic ash. Many Romans died, and the plaster casts of how their bodies looked when they died can still be seen today today. Back then, the Romans did not know Mt. Vesuvius was a volcano. Today, Vesuvius is still active, therefore, it could be still considered dangerous.
