di Claudia Baroncelli

Recent excavations have brought to light an extraordinary discovery: an ancient treasure hidden in an aristocratic Roman villa in Positano (Campania). The abode (located under the crypt of Santa Maria Assunta church) is in the list of those villas destroyed by the eruption of the mount Vesuvius in 79 AC and the subsequent tsunami and was probably the house of a wealthy family.

Archaeologists have previously discovered some of its frescoed walls, which probably belonged to a main room (which originally boasted columns) used by the owners to entertain guests and show off their riches. Well, new excavations have unveiled an ancient safe, more never-seen-before frescoes and some bronze furnishings telling more about the daily life of the owners of the villa.

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