Questionable methods.
Submitted 11 months ago by fossilesque@mander.xyz to science_memes@mander.xyz
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swab148@startrek.website 11 months ago
HootinNHollerin@lemmy.world 11 months ago
Turns out, after all this time, sadam just wanted to butt chug plaster
dumbass@leminal.space 11 months ago
Well he fucked that up then.
henfredemars@infosec.pub 11 months ago
Wow! I didn’t know they were casts. I thought we found the remains as presented.
Lmaydev@programming.dev 11 months ago
I’ve seen them. Also up the road at Herculaneum the dock buildings are full of skeletons all huddled together.
It’s really haunting.
veganpizza69@lemmy.world 11 months ago
More or less so when you realize how many were slaves.
higgsboson@dubvee.org 11 months ago
Alternate caption:
Most people didnt know that boofing was actually invented by archaeologists researching Pompeii.
Dasus@lemmy.world 11 months ago
It’ll always be plugging to me.
Also, why does the article only talk about alcohol? Seems like a huge oversight, given how easy it is to rectally absorb other stuff besides liquid.
Like ecstasy.
Kolanaki@yiffit.net 11 months ago
The only thing I question is why the artist who drew the illustration of the molds being filled choose to put the funnel in the body cavity’s asshole.
Lath@kbin.earth 11 months ago
To make it look as uncomfortable as it seems.
SlapnutsGT@lemmy.world 11 months ago
When I first started reading this I was thinking it would end up being some Pompeii didn’t happen denial craziness ha
HootinNHollerin@lemmy.world 11 months ago
Luckily this isn’t xitter or facebook
Diplomjodler3@lemmy.world 11 months ago
What happened to the bones? How did they know there was a body there?
Lupus108@feddit.de 11 months ago
In the article OP linked I found this section :
Archaeologists preserved the newly discovered remains using a variation of a technique developed by Italian archaeologist Giuseppe Fiorelli in 1863. The process involves pouring liquid chalk into cavities left by decomposing bodies; this plaster fills gaps in preserved bones and teeth, creating a cast of the bodies as they looked at the moment of death.
So you find a cavity with bones and other remains in there and use it as a mold I suppose? They probably were excavating the city from the ash cover and when they found something that could be remains of a human they stopped digging and used said techniques to preserve the remains.
bstix@feddit.dk 11 months ago
The bones are inside the cast. They found the cavities during excavation.
SmackemWittadic@lemmy.world 11 months ago
They ordered a boneless pizza
PoliticalAgitator@lemmy.world 11 months ago
[deleted]steal_your_face@lemmy.ml 11 months ago
Sometimes it’s nice to ask questions to promote discussion
ILikeBoobies@lemmy.ca 11 months ago
Asking is a method of looking for answers
EldritchFeminity@lemmy.blahaj.zone 11 months ago
Sure, but that’s the “social” part of social media. Without discussions like this, we’re just left with Karens complaining and politics.
mcz@lemmy.world 11 months ago
“Almost certainly” means that you are not sure. You could make sure by looking for them, but instead you chose to complain on social media.
SturgiesYrFase@lemmy.ml 11 months ago
Why are you even here if that’s your attitude?
bolexforsoup@lemmy.blahaj.zone 11 months ago
Then how about you make yourself useful and provide them with a resource?
Diplomjodler3@lemmy.world 11 months ago
Ah yes. Why bother posting anything in the first place?
azi@mander.xyz 11 months ago
DIY fossilization
TwoBeeSan@lemmy.world 11 months ago
This has to be added to the meme collage of Sadam and digging for diamonds etc.
Taleya@aussie.zone 11 months ago
Why is the funnel in his arse. Why was that artistic choice made.
fossilesque@mander.xyz 11 months ago
If it fits?
Taleya@aussie.zone 11 months ago
Clearly ascribing to ‘a hole’s a hole’
happybadger@hexbear.net 11 months ago
unreachable@lemmy.world 11 months ago
butt stuff
OgdenTO@hexbear.net 11 months ago
This suggests to me there there might be bones inside the plaster?
optissima@lemmy.ml 11 months ago
There are! The mix they used destroyed a lot of it, but you can find online many x-rays that show where the bones really are.
wick@lemm.ee 11 months ago
Well that answers my question about whether today’s archeologists would have done the same thing: nope.
dogsnest@lemmy.world 11 months ago
Preserving preserved history.
homesweethomeMrL@lemmy.world 11 months ago
Archaeologists preserved the newly discovered remains using a variation of a technique developed by Italian archaeologist Giuseppe Fiorelli in 1863. The process involves pouring liquid chalk into cavities left by decomposing bodies; this plaster fills gaps in preserved bones and teeth, creating a cast of the bodies as they looked at the moment of death.
ALostInquirer@lemm.ee 11 months ago
Was it a matter of some good timing that these casts were able to be made? That is, with enough time, wouldn’t the voids/cavities themselves likely collapse with the gradual shifting of the soil?
nukul4r@feddit.de 11 months ago
They could have placed the funnel anywhere else in the illustration, but they chose not to.
steal_your_face@lemmy.ml 11 months ago
Cum
JasonDJ@lemmy.zip 11 months ago
Image.
lightnsfw@reddthat.com 11 months ago
Is there a reason left side specifically has to be on the surface?
Bonehead@kbin.social 11 months ago
Except for that one dude.
normalexit@lemmy.world 11 months ago
It’s probably the best place for funnel insertion at the end of the day. A hole left behind there is appropriate, you don’t want to mess with any details you might get from the face, and it’s way funnier this way.
Duamerthrax@lemmy.world 11 months ago
The best place would probably be the first place you found. The archeologist wouldn’t have any clue to the exact position the person was in and over digging could ruin the find
The person making the illustration though knew what they were doing.
dditty@lemm.ee 11 months ago
Is boofing or butt-chugging the more accurate term when it comes to molding plaster?
DarkCloud@lemmy.world 11 months ago
You’ve got a high anus.