Objects From Ruins Of Pompeii Set To Be Exhibited In British Museum

Undated handout photo issued by the British Musuem Thursday Sept. 20, 2012 of a wall painting of the baker Terentius Neo and his wife, from the House of Terentius Neo, Pompeii, AD 50-79. as dozens of objects recovered from the ruins of Roman cities Pompeii and Herculaneum will go on show outside Italy for the first time at a new exhibition at the museum. The two cities on the Bay of Naples were wiped out by the eruption of Mount Vesuvius in 79 AD. The show will feature objects found in their ruins including jewellery, carbonised food and a baby’s crib that still rocks on its curved runners. The exhibition will run March 28 to Sept. 29, 2013.

Undated handout photo issued by the British Musuem Thursday Sept. 20, 2012 of a gold bracelet in the form of a coiled snake, 1st Century AD, Roman, Italy as dozens of objects recovered from the ruins of Roman cities Pompeii and Herculaneum will go on show outside Italy for the first time at a new exhibition at the museum. <AP/NEWSis>

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