/https://tf-cmsv2-smithsonianmag-media.s3.amazonaws.com/filer_public/b4/89/b4895489-d168-4b03-89cc-217454fb2a01/gettyimages-2265406946.jpg "Haunting Casts Preserving Pompeii Victims’ Final Moments 2,000 Years Ago Go on Display in a Solemn New Exhibition")
Haunting Casts Preserving Pompeii Victims’ Final Moments 2,000 Years Ago Go on Display in a Solemn New Exhibition
Since 1863, archaeologists have made greater than 100 plaster casts, which present how victims died after Mount Vesuvius erupted in 79 CE A brand new exhibition shows 22 of the best-preserved examples Christian Thorsberg – Correspondent March 16, 2026 One of the plaster casts on show in the brand new exhibition Marco Cantile/LightRocket through Getty…