In 2025, a large and sophisticated thermal bath complex, which was thought to were used by its owner to woo well-heeled guests, was found during excavations of a home on Via di Nola in Regio IX, a wealthy district of the city.
Researchers also recovered 38 bronze coins, cooking pots, and a wooden box with lead weights, suggesting that someone who lived in the home operated as a tradesperson. That necklace featured more than 20 small charms crafted from various materials and representing several deities, including depictions of the gods Bes and Mercury.
Archaeologists excavating the ruins of Pompeii uncovered a wooden wardrobe sealed off for almost 2,000 years in a room of a home on Via dell’Abbondanza, one of the most bustling streets in the ancient city.
Excavations at Pompeii regularly yield discoveries from the ruins of the ancient city, where many people moved around in the Mediterranean area and tended to carry personal objects with them.
The wardrobe contained a collection of fragmented personal objects and relics, offering new insight into the daily life of the household.
The most intriguing relic discovered in the wardrobe was a necklace known as a crepundia, which was traditionally worn by children.
The items inside included makeup tools, tweezers, a small glass perfume bottle, an incense burner, and a bronze lantern.
In a separate find within the ruins, archaeologists also discovered the fragmented skeletons of two mice inside an amphora that had been kept in a storage area of the home.
Fragments 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.
Many people moved around in the Mediterranean area and tended to carry personal objects with them.” The wardrobe contained other items including 38 bronze coins, cooking pots and a wooden box with lead weights, suggesting that someone who lived in the home was a tradesperson.