According to the Scans Reveal Details segment of “Pompeii’s Secrets”, “Now, using CT scans (highly detailed 3-D X-rays), technicians can peer into the casts, drawing a clearer picture of those people and what happened to them.” First, the archaeologists made plaster casts of the corpses in order to preserve them. Then, technicians put the bodies through the machine. Due to these scans, it is now known that Pompeians had a healthy diet that included nuts, fruits, and whole grains. Additionally, their causes of death were head injuries from falling
According to the Scans Reveal Details segment of “Pompeii’s Secrets”, “Now, using CT scans (highly detailed 3-D X-rays), technicians can peer into the casts, drawing a clearer picture of those people and what happened to them.” First, the archaeologists made plaster casts of the corpses in order to preserve them. Then, technicians put the bodies through the machine. Due to these scans, it is now known that Pompeians had a healthy diet that included nuts, fruits, and whole grains. Additionally, their causes of death were head injuries from falling