[treetopsandroofs]

I just realized how much archaeological damage Guiseppe Fiorelli did with his plaster “art”.

“The Plaster Bodies Are Full Of Bones”

https://www.ranker.com/list/facts-about-bodies-at-pompeii/andy-miller

(I suppose not as bad as Schliemann and Cousteau and their fondness for TNT)

[BBell]

Thanks. I was always told that the lava turned the people to stone. It was plaster. I was taught that syphilis was introduced to Europe by Columbus's men. Guess not.

And people wonder why I'm so cynical. I always told my kids not to believe everything they are taught in school and their teachers are really not that smart.

[Ruy Dias de Bivar]

Maybe fifty years ago in National Geographic it showed lots of uncovered bones at Pompeii. None of these had been filled with plaster.