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Pompeii's Ash Preserved the Smell of a Roman Home for 2,000 Years

Chemical tests on two censers found burned oak, laurel and stone-fruit plants, plus a rare imported resin linked to Roman trade networks.

Researchers analyzing ash sealed inside Pompeii's incense burners have reconstructed the real smell of a wealthy Roman home — a woody, resinous warmth with a hint of citrus, chemically fingerprinted after 2,000 years. The post Pompeii’s Ash Preserved the Smell of a Roman Home for 2,000 Years appeared first on History Collection.

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The analysis of the residues preserved inside two ancient terracotta incense burners has revealed traces of how the city of Pompeii smelled before it was buried.

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Scientists described the fragrances that people in Pompeii burned in their homes before Vesuvia's eruption.

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