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Pompeii's Living Dead
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Pompeii's Living Dead

2018-12-07 · 51 min · Not rated

Documentary · History

Restoration expert Giancarlo Napoli takes on the important task of saving 86 plaster casts of Pompeii citizens that were created by archaeologist Carlo Fiorelli in the 1860s.

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Marcello Adamo
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