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Doctor's body at the Archaeological Park of Pompeii

Video. Pompeii: A doctor identified thanks to his instruments

Updated: 15/05/2026 - 19:20 GMT+2

Interdisciplinary work made it possible to identify the body of a doctor among the victims of the eruption of Vesuvius in 79 AD. The plaster cast held a case with the instruments used by doctors at the time

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