The same plaster used in art and architecture also helped keep the deceased intact for years.

A German museum is seeking to de-stigmatize the female body with a workshops for making plaster casts of vulvas on International Women's Day. In contrast to male genitalia, the image of the vulva has ...

One of the plaster casts on display in the new exhibition Marco Cantile / LightRocket via Getty Images The plaster casts of more than 20 victims of Mount Vesuvius’ eruption in 79 C.E. are now on ...

POMPEII, Italy — More than 20 plaster casts of victims who died in the catastrophic volcano eruption in Pompeii went on display for the first time Thursday in a permanent exhibition. The casts, which ...

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Introduction / Annetta Alexandridis and Lorenz Winkler-Horaček -- I. (Post)colonial contexts -- Introduction / Annetta Alexandridis -- The (mis)performance of cast collections / Henrik Holm -- The ...

The plaster casts of more than 20 victims of Mount Vesuvius’ eruption in 79 C.E. are now on display in a permanent exhibition at the Archaeological Park of Pompeii in Italy. The casts preserve ...