known as Pompeii's Sistine Chapel, has reopened to the public for the first time in 20 years after an extensive restoration. The house, built in the second century BC, was buried in the eruption ...
Plaster casts of calcified Pompeii residents have long been used ... testing on skeletal remains embedded in 14 casts undergoing restoration, including two people embracing and the four-member ...
To read about the restoration efforts at one of Pompeii’s most beloved houses, go to “Saving the Villa of the Mysteries.” Ruins of Pompeii, Italy, with Mt. Vesuvius in the background ...