Recovered Hoards
The Boscoreale Treasure
Found 1895 · Boscoreale, Italy
FoundThe prize. Roman silver buried by Vesuvius
Where. Boscoreale, Italy
Status. Found
Where. Boscoreale, Italy
Status. Found
The account
In a villa buried by Vesuvius near Pompeii, diggers found a hoard of more than a hundred pieces of Roman silver plate and gold coins, hidden in a wine cellar as the ash came down.
How it was found
- Found in 1895 in the wine cellar of a villa buried by Vesuvius near Pompeii, where the silver had been hidden as the ash came down; over a hundred pieces, with a skeleton lying nearby.
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