Cast of a Young Woman, Photo Credit: A Day in Pompeii

SAN DIEGO, CA.- Beginning February 15, 2008, the San Diego Natural History Museum will transport visitors back in time 2000 years to experience life and death in one of the wealthiest resort cities of the ancient Roman Empire. The exhibition A Day in Pompeii presents more than 250 art objects and artifacts, including fine marble sculptures, bronzes, frescoes, mosaics, and jewelry. Filling an exhibition space measuring 10,000 square feet, A Day in Pompeii brings these priceless artifacts, along with body casts of eight victims of Mount Vesuvius’ fury, across the Atlantic to the West Coast for the first time.
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