A house with a room containing a
'lararium', a shrine dedicated to the Lares, protectors of the
ancient Roman home, has been discovered in Pompeii and
exclusively visited by ANSA.
The room, which is incredibly well-preserved and has the
largest lararium found to date in Pompeii, is an "enchanted
garden", experts said.
Its walls are painted with snakes, a peacock, golden beasts
fighting against a black wild boar, skies decorated with birds,
a well, a colored tub and the portrait of a figure that is
partly man and partly a dog.
The director of the Pompeii archaeological park, Massimo
Osanna, told ANSA that it is "a marvelous, enigmatic room", a
treasure "to be studied in-depth".
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