Ciro Fusco/EPA, via ShutterstockThe 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 shrine.

A chest and table in one of the newly discovered rooms in the House of the Lararium. Photo: Courtesy of the Archaeological Park of Pompeii Start Slideshow Archaeologists at Pompeii have announced ...

The ancient city of Pompeii continues to offer up new glimpses ... The centerpiece of the home is its luxurious lararium—a shrine to the spirits believed to serve as guardians of the Roman ...

Pompeii, of course, still has more secrets ... what they dubbed the “Enchanted Garden,” a lavishly decorated lararium, or the portion of the house set aside as a shrine to the gods, that ...

These finds give a look at Pompeii’s middle-class households. The property is dubbed the House of the Lararium, which is an altar celebrating the household’s guardian spirits. In this case ...

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 ...

“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 ...

Pompeii was destroyed by the eruption of Mount ... before the eruption still remain at the household shrine, known as a lararium. “We have archaeologists, restorers, archaeobotanists here ...

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 ...