Rare Pompeii dinner set unveiled

[emad]

Rare Pompeii dinner set unveiled
By David Willey
BBC News, Rome


The silverware was perfectly preserved by volcanic ash and mud


A set of ancient silverware has been dug up from Pompeii, the Roman city destroyed by a volcano 2,000 years ago.

The hand-crafted goblets, plates and trays had been bundled into a wicker basket by an inhabitant fleeing the erupting Mount Vesuvius in 79 AD.

The tableware, well preserved in ash and mud, was discovered five years ago and archaeologists have used the latest techniques to separate 20 pieces.

Experts say it is the most important find of this kind for 70 years.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/europe/4695097.stm

[Hugin]

1. Looting at Pompeii?

I wonder if it was the owner of that silverware who bundled
it in the basket.

The world will never know.

[emad]

2. Maybe ancestor of the guy who threw those 4 Papal seals down the

lavatory in Germany hundreds of years later......


600 yeaqr old Papal seals found in German toilet:
http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_mesg&forum=105&topic_id=3669697&mesg_id=3669697

[Dukkha]

3. Here's my favorite Pompeii Set

I would've expected a dinner set back then to be pewter.