The Roman deceased were often found inside of churches or outside of city walls. To find a pair of skeletons inside of a house, though, is unheard of. The tomb contained two skeletons, one the age of 25-30 and the other 5-7, and had an opening at the top to pour libations into. This ritual is pagan, but the evidence of a cross near the tomb and a the bodies covered in plaster showed that the family was Christian. This plaster burial is the earliest found of its kind. http://www.thehistoryblog.com/archives/1042
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