Comment on August 24th 79 AD is the believed date that the City of Pompeii was covered in meters of volcanic ash, after the eruption of Mount Vesuvius. Thanks to Giuseppe Fiorelli we can see some of their last…

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EggInDisguise@lemmy.blahaj.zone ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

Yes, 100%. I did too as a child when first learning about Pompeii.

I think it wasn’t until after I left highschool I finally read more into the “human civilization” part (I was more interested in the geology of it all as a kid)

I’m sure if I asked a few friends, they’d be surprised to find out those are plaster and not petrified bodies.

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