What was the daily life of the citizens of ancient Rome like? This week, we suggest you investigate the routine and the daily life of a great civilization thanks to its domestic objects and the use made of its buildings , aspects that you can also learn about in the article “Living in the underworld of the Urbs . Myths and realities” in Rom's underworld a.
- The light of Rome (Alicante, from July 15). The Archaeological Museum of Alicante (MARQ) collects in its Library an exhibition on the oil lamps that illuminated Rome. With a total of 43 pieces , the exhibition covers the changes suffered in form, ornamentation and utility of the lucernas recovered from different museums in the Murcian community.
- Taste and food in ancient Rome
(Museo de Cádiz, from July 23 to September 16). Through the trousseau domestic and culinary customs and eating habits are addressed thanks to the recovery of material stored in "the collections of the Museum of Cádiz".
- A building, two thousand years of history. The Gijón Tobacco Factory (Gijón, from August 14 to December 31). Today, August 13 at 7:30 p.m. opens this exhibition that analyzes the historical route of the use that the tobacco company had of Gijón through the archaeological remains from different eras, from Roman to our days. The sample, created as a result of the collaboration between the Railway Museum of Asturias, the Archaeological Museum of Gijón and researchers and teachers in the area of archaeology.