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Pompeii Victim Fleeing Vesuvius May Have Been a Roman Doctor
A Pompeii victim who died while fleeing the eruption of Mount Vesuvius in AD 79 may have been a Roman doctor, according to new scans of objects preserved inside his plaster cast. The small case, coins and tools found with the man suggest he may have carried the equipment of a medicus during the city’s…
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2,000-Year-Old Pompeii Altars Reveal Imported Incense and the Global Reach of Roman Ritual
Nearly two millennia after the eruption of Mount Vesuvius, Pompeii continues to reveal intimate details of Roman life. This time, the evidence comes not from grand buildings or frescoes, but from something far more subtle: the ash preserved inside household incense burners. A new scientific study has identified what Romans actually burned in their homes,…