Domestic Cult objects have been uncovered as part of the ongoing excavations at Pompeii. Located in Regio V, Insula 3, the building was excavated between the end of 2023 and March 2024. Most notably, on the ground floor, this building housed a Thermopolium, which boasted well-preserved painted decorations depicting various animals. In Room 2.2, a room on the upper level of the building, a series of objects related to domestic cult were found. These were placed on a shelf abo

Ongoing excavations at the site of Finziade, Monte Sant'Angelo di Licata, Sicily, have uncovered a household altar. Part of the Finziade Project, this altar was found in the newly investigated House 7. Limited information about the altar is available, with the find being announced on the project's Facebook page through a series of images (below). The site is also home to another domestic cult space, located in House 19. This consists of a cult room, with an elaborate marble a

It is an exciting time for the study of Roman domestic religion, with another three domestic cult spaces uncovered at Pompeii over the...

Excavations from 2023-2024 have uncovered a cult room in the Villa of Civita Giuliana, located less than 1km to the northwest of Pompeii....