Archaeologists at Pompeii have recovered the contents of a cabinet in the house of Cornelius Maximus, in the centre of the Roman city buried by Vesuvius in AD 79, Euronews reports.
Inside were the tools of a daily beauty routine: tweezers, a little spatula for mixing pigments, a glass perfume flask, a perfume burner and a bronze lamp. There was also a necklace strung with at least 24 tiny amulets in faience, bone, glass paste and rock crystal, shaped as gods, hands, feet, pine cones and grapes. Experts think it was probably a protective charm worn by a child. A basket-like container held 38 bronze coins.
Park director Gabriel Zuchtriegel says the finds shed light on the everyday lives of Pompeii’s women. The dig is part of a restoration project for the neighbouring Insula dei Casti Amanti.
Source: Euronews