Story perspectives

Pompeii archaeologists uncover trader’s wardrobe with 38 coins

By Drooid · Oct 30, 2026 · How we work

Read the story

Story summary

Summary

Italian archaeologists uncovered a sealed wooden wardrobe in a Pompeii house on Via dell'Abbondanza.
Inside were tweezers, a glass perfume bottle, an incense burner, a bronze lantern and pots.
A crepundia necklace with over 20 charms, including Bes and Mercury, was recovered.
A wooden box held 38 bronze coins and lead weights, indicating a resident trader.
Director Gabriel Zuchtriegel said two mouse skeleton fragments in an amphora show daily life.

History

After the 1709 uncovering of Herculaneum and the 1738 digs funded by Charles VII of Naples, Roque Joaquín de Alcubierre began prospecting Pompeii in 1748, establishing archaeological practice. Gabriel Zuchtriegel’s University of Naples team in 2024 recovered a wardrobe, tweezers, a perfume bottle and 38 bronze coins from a Via dell’Abbondanza house, showing how those methods shape our view of Roman daily life.

1 of 2

After the 1709 uncovering of Herculaneum and the 1738 digs funded by Charles VII of Naples, Roque Joaquín de Alcubierre began prospecting Pompeii in 1748, establishing archaeological practice. Gabriel Zuchtriegel’s University of Naples team in 2024 recovered a wardrobe, tweezers, a perfume bottle and 38 bronze coins from a Via dell’Abbondanza house, showing how those methods shape our view of Roman daily life.

1 / 2