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Perfume bottle and child’s necklace among treasures found in Pompeii wardrobe
Archaeologists uncover jewellery, cosmetics and coins in wardrobe sealed since eruption of Mount Vesuvius in AD79Fragments of personal objects, from makeup tools and a perfume bottle to coins and a child’s necklace, have been found tucked away in a wooden wardrobe sealed off for almost 2,000 years in the ruins of Pompeii.The artifacts provide an intimate glimpse of daily life in the ancient Roman city before it was devastated by the eruption of Mount Vesuvius in AD79. The wardrobe was discovered in a room of a home on Via dell’Abbondanza, which was one of the most bustling streets in Pompeii.
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