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New Pompeii finds highlight middle-class life in doomed city

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Pompeii's archaeological park, one of Italy's top tourist attractions, announced the recent finds on Saturday. In past decades, excavation largely concentrated on sumptuous, elaborately frescoed villas of the Pompeii's upper-class residents. But archaeology activity in the sprawling site, near modern-day Naples, has increasingly focused on the lives of the middle class.

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The Guardian

Discoveries in Pompeii reveal lives of lower and middle classes

Archaeologists are enriching our knowledge about those who were ‘vulnerable class during political crises and food shortages’

2 years ago·London, United Kingdom

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CTV News

New Pompeii finds highlight middle-class life in doomed city

A trunk with its lid left open. A wooden dishware closet, its shelves caved in. Three-legged accent tables topped by decorative bowls. These latest discoveries by archaeologists are enriching knowledge about middle-class lives in Pompeii before Mount Vesuvius' furious eruption buried the ancient Roman city in volcanic debris.

2 years ago·Canada

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Reuters

Pompeii discoveries shed light on middle class life

Archaeologists have discovered four new rooms in a house in Pompeii filled with plates, amphoras and other everyday objects, giving a snapshot of middle class life at the moment Mount Vesuvius's eruption buried the Roman city in AD 79.

2 years ago·United Kingdom

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Associated Press News

New Pompeii finds highlight middle-class life in doomed city

The latest batch of discoveries in Pompeii are enriching knowledge about middle-class households in the ancient Roman city that was destroyed in a volcanic eruption. The director of the archaeological

2 years ago·United States

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The Star Kuala Lumpur

Pompeii discoveries shed light on middle class life

MILAN (Reuters) - Archaeologists have discovered four new rooms in a house in Pompeii filled with plates, amphoras and other everyday objects, giving a snapshot of middle class life at the moment Mount Vesuvius's eruption buried the Roman city in AD 79. Read full story

2 years ago·Malaysia

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Irish Independent

New Pompeii finds highlight middle-class life in doomed city

Discoveries by archaeologists in Pompeii have enriched knowledge about middle-class households in the ancient Roman city that was destroyed in a volcanic eruption.

2 years ago·Ireland

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