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  • Tamsin GallieKate SaxtonKate and Tamsin Trip 2019
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    • Day 43
    • Tuesday, August 13, 2019 at 6:53 PM
    • ⛅ 30 °C
    • Altitude: 23 m
    • ItalyForum at Pompeii40°44’59” N  14°29’4” E
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    Pompei - Part 3 - plaster people

    August 13, 2019 in Italy ⋅ ⛅ 30 °C

    So after the ash and gas killed the population of Pompei they were entombed.
    The decompensation resulted in hollow “moulds” of their last resting positions.
    Someone centuries later on discovering these decided to fill them with liquid plaster and make the plaster casts figures seen today.Read more

    Tamsin Gallie

    TravelerA dog

    8/13/19Reply
    Nathan Skinner

    TravelerWow - he looks like he was sleeping when it happened ... WOWED!!!

    8/13/19Reply

    Oh wow

    8/13/19Reply
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