Researchers opened a 2,000-year-old cabinet in Pompeii – and were stunned by the findings

Archaeologists uncovered a 2,000-year-old wooden cabinet in the House of Cornelius Maximus in Pompeii, containing dozens of items: a necklace with 24 amulets, 38 coins, makeup tools, tweezers, an oil lamp, and dining utensils. The park director said the hasty abandonment indicates a flight from the volcanic eruption in 79 CE.

Archaeologists studying the House of Cornelius Maximus in Pompeii uncovered a wooden cabinet about 2,000 years old containing dozens of personal items and household tools. Among the findings: a necklace with 24 tiny amulets depicting Roman and Egyptian gods, a hoard of 38 coins, a bronze oil lamp, tweezers, a mortar for makeup preparation, a glass bottle for oils, bronze, glass, and ceramic dining utensils, and remains of 117 field mice bones. The director of the archaeological park, Gabriel Zuchtriegel, said the fact that the homeowners left behind valuable items indicates a hasty departure due to the volcanic eruption in 79 CE. Researchers still do not know for certain what became of the residents. The article also includes an expansion on the destruction of the Second Temple and the Jews of the period, which is not directly related to the find.