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How can we ethically display the dead in museums? What about resin casts of those who died violently in Pompeii?

Georgia Pike-Rowney, Australian National University We are used to seeing dead bodies in movies and TV shows, but…

byGeorgia Pike-Rowney

April 28, 2025