When Mt Vesuvius erupted continually for two days in 79 AD, this poor chap was buried alive. He lay as he'd fallen under about 20 feet of ash and residue until he was accidentally discovered about 1600 years later. Along with other victims, the plaster cast of his body is on display at the Archaeological Museum of Naples.
Let that be a warning never to fart near an active volcano.
I'm sure I had this stashed away in my pic library waiting for a contest with a title like this one. But when the time came I couldn't find it and had to track it down on t'internet all over again.
A little googling reveals that the origin of the term "Potter's field" goes to when Judas Iscariot gave the 30 pieces of silver back to the priests. They used it to buy a potter's field as a place to bury indigents.
Avatar contest #324: graves and burials
Posted - 07/23/2010 : 01:13:06
Then died. 
