We Now Know What Ancient Roman Religious Rituals Smelled Like: "It's An Invitation To The Gods And It's Also Kind Of A Purification"

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"Without Pompeii, our knowledge of the Roman world would be less rich," said the park's director, Gabriel Zuhtrigel.

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In Pompeii, in addition to many everyday objects, the thick ash layers have preserved incense vessels from house altars. However, only a few of them have preserved remains of the offerings once burned in it. Two of these rare finds have now been analysed by archaeologists. They reveal which herbs the inhabitants of Pompeii sacrificed in honour of the gods at that time. An identified tree resin had a [...] Der Beitrag The scent of Pompeii's house…

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Tiny remains of ashes allow archaeologists to see how surprisingly far the inhabitants of Pompeii were connected in the ancient world.