A daughter’s scrawl reveals a lavish Pompeii villa once belonged to esteemed general Lucius Mummius

The lavish Pompeii home of an esteemed statesman and general has been identified by archaeologists, courtesy of graffiti scrawled on a wall by a young girl.   Archaeologists have been working to excavate the site and found the graffiti just 4.5ft (1.39m) above the ground on one of the villa’s interior walls.  It is thought she, … Read more

A daughter’s scrawl reveals a lavish Pompeii villa once belonged to esteemed general Lucius Mummius

The lavish Pompeii home of an esteemed statesman and general has been identified by archaeologists, courtesy of graffiti scrawled on a wall by a young girl.   Archaeologists have been working to excavate the site and found the graffiti just 4.5ft (1.39m) above the ground on one of the villa’s interior walls.  It is thought she, … Read more