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Pompeii's Ash Preserved the Smell of a Roman Home for 2,000 Years
Chemical tests on two censers found burned oak, laurel and stone-fruit plants, plus a rare imported resin linked to Roman trade networks.
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Pompeii's Ash Preserved the Smell of a Roman Home for 2,000 Years
Researchers analyzing ash sealed inside Pompeii's incense burners have reconstructed the real smell of a wealthy Roman home — a woody, resinous warmth with a hint of citrus, chemically fingerprinted after 2,000 years. The post Pompeii’s Ash Preserved the Smell of a Roman Home for 2,000 Years appeared first on History Collection.
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laprovincia.esThe analysis of the residues preserved inside two ancient terracotta incense burners has revealed traces of how the city of Pompeii smelled before it was buried.
Scientists described the fragrances that people in Pompeii burned in their homes before Vesuvia's eruption.
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