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Pompeii: excavations reveal secrets about the way of life of the bourgeoisie in ancient times GEO

In an ancient house discovered in Pompeii in 2018, a team of researchers recently identified a number of household items and religious trinkets. According to the latter, an important discovery as they provide a lot of information about the living conditions of the middle class at the time, explains the British daily The Guardian.

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Within the famous Pompeii Archaeological Park, archaeologists have unearthed many objects to enrich knowledge of life in the ancient city. Artifacts unearthed this Saturday, August 6, 2022 include furniture and household items. Among them were a chest with an open lid, a wooden china cabinet, a three-legged side table with decorative bowls of particular interest to researchers.

Other jewelry dedicated to household spirits, Roman deities called Lares, are actively studied today.

Site director Gabriel Breeding Riegel said the excavation of the house revealed valuable details about the home environment of commoners in the city, which was destroyed by a volcanic eruption of Mount Vesuvius in AD 79.

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Discoveries that shed light on the life of the bourgeoisie in antiquity

In recent years, archaeologists have been increasingly concerned with the life of the bourgeoisie in antiquity, “classes that are vulnerable to political crises and food shortages,” explains breeding bar. In the Roman Empire there was a large proportion of people who struggled with their social status and for whom daily bread was anything but a matter of course”.

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According to the researchers, several elements prove that the owners of the house did not have enough resources to decorate it to their liking. For example, one of the rooms had unpainted walls and a dirt floor.

Still, the family living there enjoyed a comfortable quality of life, as evidenced by the cupboards stocked with kitchen utensils and crockery.

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