guy Posted August 9, 2022 Report Share Posted August 9, 2022 (edited) Excavation of a middle-class home in Pompeii has recently shed some interesting insights into middle-class life on that fateful day: Quote The discovery, according to the archaeologists, sheds considerable light on the lives of middle-class citizens in Pompeii. The team began excavating rooms in the House of the Lararium, a middle-class domus (home) in 2018. The house is so named because it contains a lavish room with a niche devoted to worshiping lares, or domestic spirits believed to protect the household. Quote One of the rooms has been identified as a bedroom, in which the team has found a bed with parts of the frame still preserved, a trunk containing a saucer and double-spouted oil lamp depicting Zeus transforming into an eagle, and the outline of a pillow where the texture of the fabric is still visible. Next to the bed is a circular table with a ceramic cup, a glass saucer and two glass cruets, while at the foot of the table is another glass cruet and several jugs and amphorae. Another room appears to be a storage room or warehouse used for storing amphorae, while outside in an adjacent corridor the team found a 2-metre-tall wooden wardrobe or cabinet that contains jugs, amphorae, and glass plates. An upper floor, which has since collapsed into the lower levels has also been identified, containing wax tablets, a perfume burner in the form of a cradle, and a large cupboard used for storing ceramics and glass items. Lower levels of the house being examined https://www.heritagedaily.com/2022/08/excavation-reveals-lifestyle-of-roman-middle-class-in-pompeii/144367?amp https://www.artnews.com/art-news/news/pompeii-archaelogy-discovery-house-of-the-lararium-1234635963/#:~:text=Pompeii's archaeological park announced,middle-class citizens in Pompeii. http://pompeiisites.org/en/comunicati/the-discovery-of-furnishings-from-the-house-of-the-lararium-in-regio-v-a-snapshot-of-middle-class-pompeii/ Edited August 9, 2022 by guy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
guy Posted August 10, 2022 Author Report Share Posted August 10, 2022 (edited) Other articles on this spectacular find: Painted ceramic perfume burner Cupboard with intact dishes https://www.bbc.co.uk/newsround/62478010 https://www.ancient-origins.net/news-history-archaeology/pompeii-middle-class-house-0017114 Edited August 10, 2022 by guy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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