Recovered Remains

Bodies disintigrated under the hot ash of Vesuvius's eruption, but the ash preserved pockets of air underneath the smoldering ash.

When excavations began, someone came up with the idea of pouring plaster into these pockets. What they got were perfectly formed molds of the bodies of people who died under that hot ash so long ago.

Weird, and a little creepy.

All sorts of bodies have been 'recreated' in this manner; those of men and women children, and even dogs.