A German museum is seeking to de-stigmatize the female body with a workshops for making plaster casts of vulvas on International Women's Day. In contrast to male genitalia, the image of the vulva has ...

Pompeii’s plaster cast human figures aren't who they were assumed to be, genetic tests have revealed, highlighting the way idealised stories can be projected onto archaeological evidence. The analysis ...

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In the spring of 1995 I was studying for my A-levels in Cambridge, along with my best friend, Kate. For her final art exam, Kate wanted to create a male torso in the style of a classical sculpture, ...

When a volcanic eruption buried the Roman city of Pompeii nearly 2,000 years ago, a thick layer of volcanic ash encased the bodies, preserving their forms. The bodies, later immortalized by plaster ...

NATURE BRIEFING 08 November 2024 Daily briefing: First DNA from Pompeii body casts illuminates who victims were Remains recovered from plaster casts of five people who died in the eruption of Mount ...

Researchers studying the remains of six individuals from Pompeii concluded they asphyxiated during the volcanic eruption that doomed the town nearly 2,000 years ago. The research team used portable ...

Four plaster casts from the House of the Golden Bracelet were made in 1974. Archaeological Park of Pompeii In the ruins of Pompeii, visitors aren’t only able to see the houses, frescos and artifacts ...

The Plaster Cast Workshop of the GrandPalaisRmn has molds of more than 6,000 artworks such as the “Venus de Milo” and Alexander the Great’s foot. An artisan at work in the Plaster Cast Workshop of the ...