Excavations were last carried out between 1907 and 1908 in that part of Pompeii, where archaeologists have now made another interesting find. Villa Civita Giuliana lies 600 meters north of the city walls, which were destroyed by the eruption of Mount Vesuvius nearly 2,000 years ago.
The Italian Ministry of Culture recently announced the happy news that archaeologists have discovered a small bedroom in the villa, which was almost certainly used by slaves, highlighting their modest location in the ancient villa. Watchman.
Pompeii archaeologists were greeted with such an exciting sight when they discovered an ancient villa that they couldn’t believe their eyes
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It contained two beds, one of which only had a mattress, two small cupboards, and a series of jars and crockery in which were found the remains of two mice and one. Meanwhile, there was no sign of any bars, locks or chains to restrain the room’s occupants.
“Control seems to have been exercised primarily through the internal organization of slavery rather than through physical barriers and restraints.”
– said Gabriel Zuchtregel, director of the Pompeii Archaeological Park.
And archaeologists began working on Villa Civita Juliana again after they discovered a tunnel through which thieves entered in AD. To the ruins of the building, which was destroyed in 1979. Part of the bed in the room may also have been damaged by thieves.
Serious excavation and preservation work is currently taking place in Pompeii, and according to the Italian Minister of Culture Gennaro Sangioliano, efforts will continue, which is important because – as he put it – what has been learned about the material conditions and social organization of the city during this period will open new horizons for historical and archaeological research before research.
