Digital projections and household objects at Australia Museum offer a glimpse into lives of everyday people from 2,000 years ago – and the tragedy that befell them
A cataclysmic natural disaster, death on a mass scale, an ancient city frozen in time, artefacts considered too lewd for display, biblical allusions to Sodom and Gomorrah; the story of Pompeii has engrossed, thrilled and titillated the world for two centuries.
Sign up for the fun stuff with our rundown of must-reads, pop culture and tips for the weekend, every Saturday morning Contrary to popular belief, the bodies on display are plaster casts of the remains, using a technique perfected by Giuseppe Fiorelli in the 1860s. Housed in Naples’ Gabinetto Segreto , the collection has been variously closed to the public, reopened and, at one point, sealed up entirely over the past century.
But contrary to many reports compiled about the 12 square-km site over time, the city did not appear to have an overabundance of houses of ill-repute compared with any other port city in the Mediterranean at that time.
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