Pompeii and Herculaneum - Display of Human Remains

There are both positive and negative aspects concerning the study and display of human remains at Pompeii and Herculaneum. Though the problem lies in the determination of what is actually right or wrong, as attitudes vary between cultures and can change over time. So people have different ideas and opinions about it. Many think that displaying and studying human remains is further damaging the bodies and not having respect to deceased person but others also think that it is a gain rather than a loss. Studying and display these humans remains from Pompeii and Herculaneum will allow the public to gain useful information about the past. It also allows historians, archaeologists and scientists to discover things that are new to the world.
Many people consider studying and displaying humans remains from Pompeii and Herculaneum as a positive. It allows the public to gain knowledge of the past and promotes tourism. Along with this, it enables archaeologists, historians and scientists to gain various sources of information for future study and development. However some people questioned whether or not the bodies will be damaged further or what would happen to them once they were exposed to the public.
This was when Giuseppe Fiorelli’s plaster casting technique became of use. A plaster cast was a technique of using plaster to make casts of those bodies of the people in Pompeii and Herculaneum. This is evident in Source A – a plaster cast victim on display in Pompeii. The precise detailing of the cast enables a clear image of the position they died in and the facial expression they had. This meant that archaeologists, scientists and historians were able to relate to the casts easier than skeletons because even facial expressions and details of clothing survived on some of the casts, allowing them to discover more information and useful resources for further study and knowledge.
Not only that the public is intrigued by the features of the cast victims. People will travel