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Pompeii wardrobe yields perfume bottle, child's necklace sealed 2,000 years

Excavation reveals child's charm necklace and traces of hasty evacuation

Among the wardrobe's contents was a crepundia—a necklace with over 20 charms representing deities including Bes and Mercury, worn by children to help parents track them. The presence of 38 bronze coins and personal objects left behind suggests the home's occupants fled the eruption suddenly.

Excavation reveals child's charm necklace and traces of hasty evacuation
theguardian.com

“The fact that money and personal objects were left behind could point to the owners having to flee the eruption at short notice.”

Gabriel Zuchtriegel

Gabriel Zuchtriegel Director of Pompeii archaeological park

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  1. first by Guardian Science, 9d ago · also Guardian

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