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Among the most moving sights is the Garden of the Fugitives, which displays plaster casts of some of the victims in their final moments of life. "It adds an extra dimension to Pompeii," observes ...

Plaster casts of calcified Pompeii residents have long been used ... Scientifically revealing "the actual lives of the victims" is "much more respectful than just using them as props for ...