The shape of the corpses was retained in the ash, and archeologists began making casts of the bodies.
Over 100 casts were made, showing the exact position of the bodies at the time of their deaths.
The results have been interesting.
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Locked in an embrace, the duo was romanticized for the fate they met.
But in 2017, researchers in Pompeii announced that these maidens were actually men.
They came to this conclusion based on a CAT scan and DNA testing.
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It’s believed that one man was around 18, while the other was at least 20.
But we are talking about hypotheses that can never be verified.
And these two figures aren’t the only ones that appear to have been misgendered.
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Another cast of a person labeled Victim Number 10, was long thought to be a girl.
In his 1877 guide to the Pompeii casts, Fiorellidescribedthe cast in the following manner.
Young woman [no.10], face down, with her head resting on her arm.
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