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

A plate in the chest

A sigillata plate found in the Pompeiian chest. Photo: Courtesy of the Archaeological Park of Pompeii

A small plate was inside the ajar wooden chest in the corner of the room. The plate is a sigillata, a name for a certain kind of red Roman pottery. Besides a couple ashy splotches, the plate is in great condition for having endured a massive eruption nearly 2,000 years ago.

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