The inscriptions were carved into a 90-foot-long passageway that once connected two theaters in Pompeii’s theater district.
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Ryan Brennan,
Charlotte Observer,
9 Mar. 2026
But other bolt-holes stand out for giving the beds themselves extra attention, distinguishing them in some particularly charming or even surreal way (see beds carved out of literal ice).
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Kathryn Romeyn,
Architectural Digest,
9 Mar. 2026
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