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BBC NEWS | Europe | Rare Pompeii dinner set unveiled
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Rare Pompeii dinner set unveiled
By David Willey
BBC News, Rome
A set of ancient silverware has been dug up from Pompeii, the Roman city destroyed by a volcano 2,000 years ago.
The hand-crafted goblets, plates and trays had been bundled into a wicker basket by an inhabitant fleeing the erupting Mount Vesuvius in AD 79.
The tableware, well preserved in ash and mud, was discovered five years ago and archaeologists have used the latest techniques to separate 20 pieces.
The silverware was perfectly preserved by volcanic ash and mud
The tableware, well preserved in ash and mud, was discovered five years ago and archaeologists have used the latest techniques to separate 20 pieces.
Experts say it is the most important find of this kind for 70 years.
Thousands of inhabitants of Pompeii gathered up what few possessions they hoped to save and tried to escape from the firestorm and the clouds of volcanic ash and mud which descended upon their city.
Pietro Giovanni Guzzo, in charge of the excavations at the world's first scientifically excavated archaeological site, told a news conference that the remains of up to 2,000 citizens of Pompeii out of a population of 10,000 to 15,000, trapped by the eruption have so far been recovered.
"But no-one knows exactly how many managed to escape," he said.
Silverware stashed
One man bundled his family silverware into a wicker basket and ran for his life.
Read more here news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/world/europe/4695097.stm [news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/world/europe/4695097.stm]
