The Villa of Civita Giuliana was archaeologically investigated in 2023-2024, during which an elaborate cult room (or sacrarium) was found in the service area of the property ( see here for more information ). Interestingly, the room had no typical cult paintings - not because of a lack of them, but rather because they had been stolen. Cut from the walls, it was clear that the room had had all of its paintings removed by theieves. However, a fragment of the room's paintings ha

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

The elaborately decorated cult room in the House of Popidus Priscus ( Casa di N. Popidius Priscus - VII. ii. 20) is open to the public as...

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....