2,000-Year-Old Pompeii Wardrobe Preserves Personal Items and a Child's Protective Charms
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Archaeologists in Pompeii uncovered a wardrobe containing a perfume bottle, tweezers, glass jars, bronze coins, and a crepundia—a necklace of protective amulets for children made from ceramic, glass, bone and crystal, carved into shapes including feet, hands, grapes, pine cones, and figures of Egyptian and Roman gods.
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