"Flat pack" Roman funerary bed found in London

[Duncan Head]

https://www.theguardian.com/science/2024/feb/05/flat-packed-furniture-for-the-next-life-roman-funerary-bed-found-in-london

[Imperial Dave]

but no other artefacts included in the burial...strange

[Keraunos]

but no other artefacts included in the burial...strange

If you are in bed, what else do you need?

[Imperial Dave]

Perhaps he was a carpenter?

 

[Nick Harbud]

Maybe instead of a cemetery, the archaeologists are excavating the Londinium branch of Ikea.  Looking on the map, the site appears in a suitable out-of-town location.

This is what happens when you fall asleep on the furniture as they close up the store for the night in 410 AD.

 

[Imperial Dave]

before they set Cerberus on you...