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.......The next day we caught the local train to Ercolano, the nearby city that was also devastated by Veusvius's eruption. Ercolano (or Herculaneum, supposedly founded by Hercules), was not covered by ash, but by a mud slide thirty meters high. |
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.....'ash had covered the dead; the corpses eventually disintegrated leaving a perfect mould, right down to the folds in their clothing. Fiorelli poured liquid plaster into these moulds and hence had perfect replicas. A fascinating, if gruesome epitaph to the last moments of the inhabitants of Pompeii'.... |
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