'Exceptional' slave room discovered at Pompeii

Pompeii archaeologists unearth the remains of a "slave room" in an exceptionally rare find at a Roman villa destroyed by Mount Vesuvius' eruption nearly 2,000 years ago. The General Director of the site believes the well-preserved room to be the bedroom of a small family of slaves or servants, showing two adult-size beds and one smaller, presumably for a child. "This is an exceptional insight into the life and daily work of a part of the ancient population that is little known," he says.

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