The truth behind the embryo haunts a child on the womb

Buried under dust for more than 1,900 years, the tragic story behind the embryo is full of haunting a child on the womb, dumbfounded with fear, has been gradually revealed.

The tragedy behind the embryo haunts a child on the womb

Restoration experts are working with carefully preserved plaster statues of 86 Romans trapped in Pompeii in 79 AD when the volcanic eruption of Vesuvius eradicates the city. .

He was discovered with an adult man and woman, most likely his parents, and a younger child seemed to be sleeping on his mother's stomach.

You can see the boy's clothes and his peaceful face on the plaster cast.

Stefania Giudice, a conservation expert from Naples National Archaeological Museum, shared with journalist Natashas Sheldon: ' Handling these remains when pouring plaster can make us feel very touched. Although the disaster happened 2,000 years ago, they are still boys, mothers and families. This is not only archeology, but also human archeology. '

Pompeii archaeological experts are preparing these artifacts for an upcoming exhibition called Pompeii and Europe.

The posture of the remains tells us how dead they are - some are trapped in buildings, while others are hiding with their families.

In a haunting picture, Stefano Vanacore, the lab director carrying the remains of a baby, was buried in ash when the volcano erupted on August 24.

Another plasterboard belongs to an adult showing that the person is raising his hands high to cover his head, as an attempt to protect himself last death.

The statue of the boy sleeping on his mother's abdomen is restored.(Source: Daily Mail)

Pompeii is a large Roman city in the Campania region of Italy. Mount Vesuvius erupted and flew ash dust hundreds of meters high in the air during 18 hours, covering Pompeii and submerging the inhabitants of the city in ash.

But the terrible disaster that came until the next morning, when the crater collapsed, caused a mudslide at a speed of 160 km / h over Pompeii, destroying everything in its path and filling up. whole city, except for the tallest buildings.

The layer of ash covering the inhabitants of Pompeii has hardened, forming a porous crust, meaning that the soft tissue of the remains has been decomposed, leaving only the skeleton inside the empty crust.

Reports confirmed that 2,000 people were killed , and the place was abandoned until it was rediscovered in 1748.

Many buildings, artifacts and remains were found intact beneath the rubble.

Currently, it has been included in the UNESCO World Heritage List , and attracts more than 2.5 million visitors a year.

Based on the stature, the child is said to be a 4-year-old boy, sheltering in a place called the Golden Arms with his family when disaster strikes.

In November, French and Italian archaeologists unearthed the ancient city area and found unburnt ceramic vases, most likely dropped by Roman potters while fleeing.

The intact archaeological archaeological site, located 9 meters deep under this ash, was accidentally discovered in the 18th century. Excavators were surprised to discover the remains of humans inside the ashes, and soon find a way to build plaster molds to capture the last moments of these ill-fated residents.

Archaeologists pour plaster into the hard ash shell, then take out the plaster statue through a hole a few days later.

This technique allows scientists to obtain statues with both painful expressions of Pompeii residents killed after the disaster, as well as details like their hairstyles and clothes.

The creation of the embryo is an exact scientific process, because the plaster should be thin enough to show all the details, but it must be thick enough to support the inner remains, BBC said.

An estimated 1,150 bodies have been discovered so far , although still one third of the city has not been excavated.

Much of the plaster cast was made around the middle of the 19th century, meaning that some statues were degenerated and needed to be repaired, giving experts the opportunity to look inside them.

In total, only about 100 hard ash shells were plastered, revealing the posture of humans, or even pet dogs.

It is estimated that between 10,000 and 25,000 inhabitants of nearby Pompeii and Herculaneum were killed on the spot when disaster struck.