Herculeneum is the other city buried by the eruption of Mt. Vesuvius in 79 CE. Among the wonders preserved there is wooden furniture, charred in place by the pyroclastic flow that buried the town 10 meters (35 feet) deep. What got me interested in this material was that little night stand above. That is a design that has not changed one whit in 2000 years.
A cradle.
Small table.
Stool.
Wooden shrine from the House of the Wooden Shrine.
Bed frame. Even fairly wealthy Romans mostly used these simple beds, just a rectangular frame with a mattress on top stuffed with feathers or straw.
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