Pompeii Casts. 1961. Victims from the House of Fabius Rufus
VII.16.17-22 Pompeii. December 2007. Looking out from staircase, onto a garden area.
A plaster cast of a victim is still at the foot of the stairs.
VII.16.17-22 Pompeii. December 2007. Looking down the stairs towards a plaster cast of body lying at foot of staircase.
Four people met their death in this house, three of them died huddled together on this staircase.
They were discovered in November 1961. It was possible to make casts of the group of three.
A copy of the plaster cast of the lowest of the three bodies remains where it was discovered.
The fourth skeleton was lying on the landing at the bottom of the stairs but only a photo remains of this skeleton.
VII.16.17-22 Pompeii. May 2006.
Looking up towards the stairs where a group of fugitives were found, and where one still lies at the foot of staircase.
VII.16.17-22 Pompeii. 1961. Casts of three victims at the
base of the stairs as shown on Boscoreale Antiquarium information board.
Photo courtesy of Michael Binns.
VII.16.17-22 Pompeii. September 2015. Exhibit from the Summer 2015 exhibition in the amphitheatre.
Plaster cast of uppermost victim found huddled together with the others on the stairs that led to the ground floor.
VII.16.17-22 Pompeii. September 2015. Exhibit from the Summer 2015 exhibition in the amphitheatre.
Plaster cast of uppermost victim, on left, found huddled together with the others on the stairs that led to the ground floor.
Photo courtesy of Marina Fuxa.
A plaster cast, possibly of the uppermost victim, is on
display in the case.
VII.16.17-22 Pompeii. May 2006. Plaster cast of lowest victim lying at foot of staircase.
VII.16.17-22 Pompeii. May 2012. Plaster cast of lowest victim at foot of staircase. Photo courtesy of Marina Fuxa.