Archaeologists in Pompeii have found a wardrobe holding a perfume bottle, makeup tools, 38 bronze coins and a child's charm necklace, The Guardian and CBS News report. The cabinet had been sealed since the eruption of Mount Vesuvius in AD 79.

The wardrobe was in a home on one of the city's main streets, the outlets report. The Guardian identifies it as Via dell'Abbondanza. Other items included an incense burner and a bronze lantern, The Guardian and CBS News report.

The necklace has at least 20 tiny charms representing several gods, the outlets report. Known as a crepundia, it was a kind of rattle worn by children that many kept into adulthood, The Guardian and CBS News report. "A crepundia had a very special function," said Gabriel Zuchtriegel, director of the Pompeii archaeological park, The Guardian reports.

The coins suggest the owners had to flee quickly or could not come back for their belongings, the outlets report. Archaeologists also found mouse skeletons in the home, The Guardian and CBS News report. "We cannot reconstruct with certainty the identity of those who lived in the house, but these fragments bring us closer to their daily lives," Zuchtriegel said, CBS News reports.

The house was linked to a man named Cornelius Maximus based on inscriptions that are no longer visible, the outlets report. Its front was first dug up in 1912, but its rooms are only now being explored, the outlets report.

What we know: A sealed Pompeii wardrobe held personal items, coins and a child's necklace.
What we don't: Who lived in the house and whether they survived the eruption.