Pompeii cupboard opens window onto life before eruption
- Archaeologists reconstructed a wooden cupboard in Pompeii's House of Cornelius Maximus on Via dell'Abbondanza, revealing everyday items preserved for almost 2,000 years.
- Among the objects, researchers discovered a necklace with at least 24 charms including deities Bes and Mercury, traditionally given to children as protective 'crepundia' or rattles.
- A woven container held 38 bronze coins, while lead weights suggest the resident engaged in trade; researchers also identified skeletons of two young wood mice, or Apodemus, inside an amphora.
- Archaeological Park director Gabriel Zuchtriegel stated that while the occupant's identity remains unknown, "these fragments bring us closer to their everyday life."
- Mount Vesuvius destroyed Pompeii in AD 79, but this cabinet offers an intimate snapshot of daily life before the eruption, with restoration work continuing at the site.
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Archaeologists have just completed research into a house first excavated in Pompeii in 1912. The treasure was hidden in a cupboard. The post 2,000-year-old sealed cupboard reveals everyday life in Pompeii appeared first on in.gr.
The memory of a life buried in an ever-secret cabinet was revealed in Pompeii (Italy) thanks to the work of archaeologists.
A new important discovery in Pompeii. Archaeologists discovered the closet of one where there was a pen, a space for mixing the colors of the ornaments, a bottle of perfume and a vase for burning the essences that filled the house with pleasant smell, announces Pompeii's Archaeological Park.
Pompeii Cupboard Sealed Since AD 79 Held Coins, Amulets, and Perfume
Archaeologists at Pompeii opened a wooden cupboard sealed since the Vesuvius eruption of AD 79 and found its original contents — coins, amulets, and perfume — exactly as its owner had left them, offering a rare, intimate window into one Roman household's final morning.
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