Here is another picture that rarely sees the light of day. This time form Herculaneum, the sister city of Pompeii, also destroyed and buried in 79 AD.
Interestedly the building where this was discovered has since been razed with the floor now missing in front of the altar. Why?
This was in a private home and the object in front of the altar was a carbonized wooden ledge to kneel on and a shelf to hold a scroll, which was used for prayer. Notice the object the occupants took with them off the wall.
One of the earliest uses of the word 'Christian' outside the Bible found in Pompeii (Buried in 79 AD) inside a building wall
BOVIO AUDI(T) CHRISTIANO'S = BOVIO LENDS HIS EAR TO THE CHRISTIANS
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