New Digging at Pompeii Reveals How the Middle Class Lived in 79 AD

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A set of bound wooden planks in the house’s storage closet. Photo: Courtesy of the Archaeological Park of Pompeii

Another room in the House of the Lararium was evidently a storage closet; inside a bound set of wooden planks were found. The planks are of various species, according to a release from the Pompeii Archaeological Park, and were probably used for repairs and other miscellaneous needs.

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