In Civita Giuliana villa discovered thanks to casts a room possibly intended for a carpenter

In the servile quarter of the villa of Civita Giuliana, scientifically investigated since 2017 when it was wrested from clandestine excavators thanks to an agreement between the Pompeii Archaeological Park and the Torre Annunziata Public Prosecutor’s Office, a room has been discovered, exceptionally well preserved like the other two that resurfaced in the same sector with the slave beds, where casts of furniture and other objects made of perishable materials, such as wood, textiles, and ropes, could be made.

The room contains a bed, but also working tools and what appears to be a frame, perhaps from another bed, disassembled: also recognized are baskets, a long rope, pieces of wood, and a saw with a blade, which seems not so different from the traditional saws used until recently. Even spotted a piece of the rope, again as a footprint in the subsoil, that held it under tension.

The current funding of the excavation is coming to an end, but the Park together with the Public Prosecutor’s Office has announced that it will continue the investigation, drawing on funding for an excavation campaign provided in the Budget Law by Culture Minister Gennaro Sangiuliano. Also because there are still many points to be clarified in Civita Giuliana, not only on a scientific level, but also in legal terms.

“The continuing discoveries about the customs and habits of daily life of ancient Romans made possible by scientific investigations in the villa of Civita Giuliana near the Archaeological Park of Pompeii strengthen our conviction to continue funding excavation activities,” said Culture Minister Gennaro Sangiuliano. “The new environments recently uncovered and made known today give valuable evidence of the past of a great civilization and honor the professionalism of archaeological research that is back in Pompeii more active than ever. I thank the Torre Annunziata Public Prosecutor’s Office for its cooperation, which has made it possible to preserve the Villa of Civita Giuliana from the criminal activity of art traffickers and to embark on a path of research capable of these important results.”

“The bet of the last few years to bet again on archaeological excavation campaigns is proving successful. The now multi-year collaboration with the Public Prosecutor’s Office of Torre Annunziata continues to bear fruit, not only in the fight for legality, but also in terms of knowledge enrichment: just think of the extraordinary discovery of the bride’s chariot in this same area in 2019. Crucial in this sense is the Ministry’s constant attention in view of dedicated funding, the consolidated institutional cooperation and the virtuous circle that links excavations, studies and research to the protection and enhancement of the site,” continued Director General Museums Massimo Osanna.

“This is a virtuous example of synergy between the Ministry of Culture, the Park and the Public Prosecutor’s Office of Torre Annunziata,” stressed Pompeii Archaeological Park Director Gabriel Zuchtriegel. “An operation of great scientific but also cultural value. We want to develop this exceptional place by making it an accessible place for all, a node in the Greater Pompeii network, between the ancient city, the villas and museum centers of Boscoreale, Oplonti and Stabia. The allocation in the State Budget for new excavations in Pompeii and other national parks desired by Minister Sangiuliano will help us continue this fascinating archaeological enterprise.”

“This is yet another exceptional find at the archaeological site of Civita Giuliana, the result of the synergistic collaboration between the Torre Annunziata Public Prosecutor’s Office and the Archaeological Park of Pompeii, in implementation of the protocol signed by the two entities which, by combining archaeological research with investigation, has proved to be a formidable tool for combating clandestine excavation activities and returning to the community finds and evidence of exceptional historical and cultural value,” concluded Torre Annunziata Public Prosecutor Nunzio Fragliasso. “It is essential that the archaeological excavations in Civita Giuliana continue, as, on the basis of recent info-investigative acquisitions, there is well-founded reason to believe that, by continuing the search, additional, important finds may be found that have already been intended by grave robbers but not plundered by them.”

In Civita Giuliana villa discovered thanks to casts a room possibly intended for a carpenter

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