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Early account of making plaster casts
The Macellum was Pompeii's marketplace for meat and fish. Today it houses two plaster casts encased in rather grimy display cases. The macellum is a major stop on the tour route, so tour leaders often give lectures near the cases of the two casts.
For more information about the plaster casts of Pompeii, read Bodies from the Ash: Life and Death in Ancient Pompeii
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