Pompeii wardrobe found untouched since 79CE holds keepsakes, coins, and two mice

Archaeologists in Pompeii have discovered a wardrobe untouched since the eruption of Mount Vesuvius in 79 CE, containing personal items belonging to a woman including grooming tools, a decorative necklace of childhood charms called crepundia, 38 bronze coins, and the remains of two mice. The sealed furniture and its contents provide insight into daily Roman life and suggest the owner never returned to retrieve her belongings, possibly because she perished in the disaster or was unable to escape the city. The find, located in the House of Cornelius Maximus, demonstrates how volcanic ash preserved intimate details of individual lives nearly 2,000 years ago.