Garden of the Fugitives Self-researched

Location: Pompeii Archaeological Park, Campania
Medium: Plaster casts of victims
Date: 79 AD (eruption) / 19th century (casts)

An archaeological site containing the plaster casts of 13 victims of the eruption of Mount Vesuvius in 79 AD. The casts were made by pouring plaster into the cavities left in the volcanic ash where the victims' bodies had decomposed, preserving their final moments in haunting detail.