Skip to contentSwipe for next articleIndependent Bulletin homepageDownload our appAllNewsSportCultureLifestyleWant to bookmark your favourite articles and stories to read or reference later? Start your Independent Membership today.Join todayAlready a member? Log inParis IbellThursday 29 October 2026 15:04 GMTThe cupboard, sealed for nearly 2,000 years, contained household items dating to before the eruption of Mount Vesuvius in A.D. 79 (Reuters)Archaeologists in Pompeii have reconstructed a wooden cupboard sealed for nearly 2,000 years, revealing intimate details of ancient daily life.Among the finds was a necklace featuring at least 24 tiny charms made of bone, glass paste, earthenware, and rock crystal. Necklaces of this kind were traditionally given to Roman children both as protective amulets and as rattles.Meanwhile, other finds included tweezers, cooking pots, lead weights and a small woven container that held 38 bronze coins.The presence of sentimental items and money suggests the house’s inhabitants fled hastily when Mount Vesuvius erupted in AD 79.The house on Via dell'Abbondanza has been tentatively linked to a man named Cornelius Maximus because of inscriptions discovered there.In fullA cupboard sealed for 2,000 years reveals the secrets of Pompeii before deadly volcanoMore bulletinsThank you for registeringPlease refresh the page or navigate to another page on the site to be automatically logged inPlease refresh your browser to be logged in