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Unprecedented Details of Pompeii Mummies Revealed Through CT Scans

By Deepthi B - Oct 02, 2015 09:31 AM EDT

Entombed in the ash that was spewed out by Mount Vesuvius when it tragically erupted in 79AD, restorers are now painstakingly working on and scanning the preserved plaster casts of 86 of the Romans who were trapped in Pompeii.

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