https://www.live-feeds.com/feed/pompeii-wardrobe-found-untouched-since-79-ce-holds-a-woman-s-keepsakes-coins-and-charmsContinuously updated, source-cited coverage. https://www.live-feeds.com/feed/pompeii-wardrobe-found-untouched-since-79-ce-holds-a-woman-s-keepsakes-coins-and-charmshttps://www.live-feeds.com/feed/pompeii-wardrobe-found-untouched-since-79-ce-holds-a-woman-s-keepsakes-coins-and-charms#u178761Thu, 05 Nov 2026 21:26:47 +0000Archaeologists discovered a sealed wardrobe in the house of Cornelius Maximus containing a woman's personal belongings untouched since the AD 79 eruption of Mount Vesuvius. The cupboard held 38 bronze coins, a beauty kit with cosmetics and a perfume bottle, and a necklace featuring at least 24 childhood amulets known as crepundia. Two mouse skeletons were also found inside. The wooden structure rotted over two millennia, but the surrounding ash hardened to preserve the shape of the cabinet and the placement of the artifacts.Why it mattersPompeii was destroyed by the eruption of Mount Vesu