Ciro Fusco/EPA, via Shutterstock The shrine, a.k.a. lararium, embedded in the home’s wall in Pompeii. A mural that might depict a Roman version of the Egyptian god Anubis also accompanies the ...

Archaeologists uncovered the House of the Lararium 2018 in Pompeii’s Regio V, a roughly 54-acre swath of the city’s northern edge that has only recently been the site of thorough excavations.

Archaeology & History Pompeii’s Middle-Class Citizens Aspired to Higher Interior Design Goals, Archaeologists Discover. The building has been dubbed the House of the Lararium, after its lavish ...

Middle-class households are apparently more rare and the House of the Lararium is an interesting and unexpected find. Archeologists also recently found the remains of a pregnant tortoise in Pompeii .

“In the House of the Lararium at Pompeii, the owner was able to embellish the courtyard with the lararium and the basin for the cistern with exceptional paintings, yet evidently funds were ...

A photo taken from above the room in the House of the Lararium reveals a round table at middle right and open chest at top right. Pompeii Get the best tech, science, and culture news in your inbox ...