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Tilt up of display of casts of bodies from Pompeii2. Pan from black to close of skull3. SOUNDBITE: (English) Kristen Romey, Archaeological Curatorial Consultant:\"There was actually the...\u003c/span\u003e\n\u003cspan class='full-description hide'\u003eAP Television\u003cbr/\u003eNew York City, USA - March 3rd, 2011\u003cbr/\u003e1. Tilt up of display of casts of bodies from Pompeii\u003cbr/\u003e2. Pan from black to close of skull\u003cbr/\u003e3. SOUNDBITE: (English) Kristen Romey, Archaeological Curatorial Consultant:\u003cbr/\u003e\"There was actually the remains of the entire human body cast in the ash. So, fortunately somebody had the great idea to inject some plaster into that cast, chip away at the ash around it, and low and behold, we had a beautiful three dimensional figure of one of the unfortunate victims of Pompeii.\"\u003cbr/\u003e4. Pan of family group of four casts\u003cbr/\u003e5. Close of cast of toddler\u003cbr/\u003e6. SOUNDBITE: (English) Kristen Romey, Archaeological Curatorial Consultant:\u003cbr/\u003e\"One of the most remarkable casts is the one of a small child. It looks to be about a toddler, baby, early toddler. And the dust that settled on this child after it passed away is so fine that you can actually see the eyelashes. In the way that the robe of the child rode up during the destruction and the way that - the look on the childs face.\"\u003cbr/\u003e7. Pan of cast of toddler\u003cbr/\u003e8. Close of dead dog cast zoom in \u003cbr/\u003e9. Wide of \"Earthquake Experience\" room \u003cbr/\u003e10. Zoom in to Earthquake animation on screen \u003cbr/\u003e11. SOUNDBITE: (English) Judith Harris, Author, Pompeii Awakened, A Story of Rediscovery:\u003cbr/\u003e\"Here we have houses and we have ordinary people going through daily life doing what they always did.  That's why we have fish hooks - they went fishing. We have medical instruments - they did operations. We have food, we have bread, it was being baked in the oven and the oven protected it. And so we found sixteen loaves of bread in one bakers oven. With his name on the oven.\"\u003cbr/\u003e12. Tilt down of loaf of bread in display case \u003cbr/\u003e13. Close of loaf of bread in display case \u003cbr/\u003e14. Pull focus from cistern to other household objects in case \u003cbr/\u003e15. Pan of household objects in case \u003cbr/\u003e16. Pan of design on cistern \u003cbr/\u003e17. Tilt down of jewellery in case \u003cbr/\u003e18. Close of gold bracelet and necklace \u003cbr/\u003e19. Close of gold necklace \u003cbr/\u003e20. SOUNDBITE: (English) Judith Harris, Author, Pompeii Awakened, A Story of Rediscovery:\u003cbr/\u003e\"All the fancy houses had frescoes and mosaics and in the servants quarters for example these would have been much more simple, they would do just paintings of reeds for example, but every surface was painted.\"\u003cbr/\u003e21. Tilt down of frescoes\u003cbr/\u003e22. Pull focus of fresco\u003cbr/\u003e23. Pan of fresco\u003cbr/\u003e24. Wide of frescoes\u003cbr/\u003e25. SOUNDBITE: (English) Judith Harris, Author, Pompeii Awakened, A Story of Rediscovery:\u003cbr/\u003e\"Pompeii was a commercial town. I think of it sometimes like New Orleans. Because it was a river port at the mouth of a river that gave on to the Mediterranean, at the peak of the Roman civilisation. So the people who were there were traders. Further up the coast line there were resorts and there very fancy, elaborate homes. Pompeii inhabitants were well-to-do owners of town houses, they were traders, they were ship captains, they were bankers.\"\u003cbr/\u003e26. Tilt up statue\u003cbr/\u003e27. Close of statue\u003cbr/\u003e28. Tilt up gladiator helmet\u003cbr/\u003e29. Close of gladiator helmet\u003cbr/\u003e30. Wide of Pompeii water pipe zoom in \u003cbr/\u003e31. Close of water pipe\u003cbr/\u003eThe death of Pompeii was one of the most terrifying events in human history.  \u003cbr/\u003eThe volcanic eruption that destroyed the ancient Roman town 2,000 years ago condemned thousands of people to a dark and suffocating death, their bodies frozen in time.\u003cbr/\u003eNow the biggest collection of preserved body casts and objects from Pompeii has arrived in New York.\u003cbr/\u003eThese sombre bodies, captured in the moment of their death, are all that remain of these inhabitants of the once-thriving Roman city of Pompeii.\u003cbr/\u003eThe catastrophic volcanic eruption of Mount Vesuvius nearly 2,000 years ago buried a whole city alive. It was completely lost until the modern era.\u003cbr/\u003eOver time the bodies rotted away, leaving an empty skeletal shell in the solid ash, as Kristen Romey, archaeological consultant to the exhibition, explains.\u003cbr/\u003e\"There was actually the remains of the entire human body cast in the ash. So, fortunately somebody had the great idea to inject some plaster into that cast, chip away at the ash around it and - lo and behold - we had a beautiful three dimensional figure of one of the unfortunate victims of Pompeii.\"\u003cbr/\u003eCopies of body casts made in this way eerily capture the last, tortured moments of the dead:  a crouching man covers his mouth, a family of four huddle together. \u003cbr/\u003eThe cast of the child is one of the most poignant says Romey.\u003cbr/\u003e\"One of the most remarkable casts is the one of a small child.  It looks to be about a toddler, baby, early toddler.  And the dust that settled on this child after it passed away is so fine that you can actually see the eyelashes.  And the way that the robe of the child rode up during the destruction and the way that - it's the look on the childs face.\"\u003cbr/\u003eDeath from the superheated ash would have been instant.  \u003cbr/\u003ePompeiians had nowhere to run to and no time to escape.\u003cbr/\u003eOne of the most famous casts is of a dog, contorted in agony, apparently still chained, legs thrust in the air.\u003cbr/\u003eA short film in the exhibition at at New York's Discovery Times Square recreates what Pompeiians might have felt as they tried to escape. \u003cbr/\u003eThe museum's floor vibrates as the volcanic furore grows.\u003cbr/\u003eOn the morning of Aug. 24, 79 A.D., without warning, Vesuvius began spewing ash, mud and noxious gases.\u003cbr/\u003eBut the volcano's intense heat proved to be a great preservative. Archaeologists found the remains of 1,100 people and evidence of their daily lives as Pompeii expert Judith Harris explains.\u003cbr/\u003e\"Here we have houses and we have ordinary people going through daily life doing what they always did. That's why we have fish hooks - they went fishing. We have medical instruments - they did operations. We have food, we have bread.  It was being baked in the oven and the oven protected it. And so we found sixteen loaves of bread in one bakers oven, with his name on the oven.\"\u003cbr/\u003eEighty-one carbonised loaves of bread were found in the ruins of a single baker's oven.  A plaster copy of one of the originals on display.\u003cbr/\u003eThe mountainous plumes of volcanic ash from Vesuvius were12 miles high, blocking out the sun. \u003cbr/\u003eThat ash smothered the town and neighbouring Herculaneum and the dead lay buried under 10- 20 feet of the solidifying powder and stayed there, forgotten for 1500 years.\u003cbr/\u003eAlthough known from eye-witness accounts of the eruption, the ruins of Pompeii were never properly identified until the mid 18th century when a farmer digging a well struck the ruin. \u003cbr/\u003eBrilliantly coloured wall paintings led archaeologists to discover all the evidence of how life was led in a prosperous ancient Roman town 2,000 years ago.\u003cbr/\u003eThere are ceramic jars for wine and oil, kitchen implements, pots and pans and decorated bronze containers.\u003cbr/\u003eGold jewellery abounds.\u003cbr/\u003eBut the decorated walls were just as revealing about how the Romans lived, says Judith Harris.\u003cbr/\u003e\"All the fancy houses had frescoes and mosaics and in the servants quarters for example these would have been much more simple, they would do just paintings of reeds for example, but every surface was painted,\" she says.\u003cbr/\u003eExcavations have continued at Pompeii ever since its rediscovery.\u003cbr/\u003eThe finds provide the most complete picture of Romans at work, rest and play.\u003cbr/\u003eUnearthing so much of Pompeii gives an invaluable insight into a great civilisation at its peak says Judith Harris.\u003cbr/\u003e\"Pompeii was a commercial town. 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