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Sealed Pompeii cupboard yields 38 bronze coins and childhood charms

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Italian archaeologists have excavated a sealed wooden cupboard in Pompeii that dates back roughly 2,000 years. The chest held 38 bronze coins, personal grooming items, and a distinctive necklace linked to childhood. Researchers say the finds shed light on the everyday lives of ordinary residents of ancient Rome. It is believed the occupants were unable to retrieve their possessions before the volcanic eruption struck.

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