The Crypta Balbi museum and the historic layers of Rome

Painted ceramic vases and clay jars, coming from the the daily life of the Crypta Balbi area, between mid-16th century and beginning of the 17th century, Rome‬, Museo Nazionale Romano - Crypta Balbi. In the beginning of the 17th century, the Crypta Balbi area was altered by the appearance of monasteries, hospices, palaces and houses for rent, therefore losing its original character as a commercial and aristocratic residence area.

Reconstruction of the archaeological context where 360 coins were found among the debris accumulated in the drain below the latrine, located in the exedra of the Crypta Balbi, once it had stopped being used, at the beginning of the 5th century AD. Rome‬, Museo Nazionale Romano - Crypta Balbi

Some of the 460 coins coming from a 7th century deposit at the exedra of the Crypta Balbi, bronze, silver and gold issues of the Byzantine era, Rome‬, Museo Nazionale Romano - Crypta Balbi.

Reconstructed arches along the archaeological itinerary, Rome‬, Museo Nazionale Romano - Crypta Balbi.

Along the street developed between the 7th and the 12th centuries, running along the southern wall the porticus Minucia, equipments of modern cellars are visible, as supports for barrels and terracotta pipes that brought waste water from the upper floors to the cesspools created by piercing the vaults of the ancient cistern. Rome‬, Museo Nazionale Romano - Crypta Balbi.

Medieval well visible along the street developed between the 7th and the 12th centuries, running along the southern wall the porticus Minucia. Rome‬, Museo Nazionale Romano - Crypta Balbi.

Stratigraphy of the medieval houses interiors, leaning against the northern perimetral wall of the Crypta Balbi. Rome‬, Museo Nazionale Romano - Crypta Balbi.

Second floor of the Crypta Balbi museum, featuring Rome between Late Antiquity to early Middle Ages, Rome‬, Museo Nazionale Romano - Crypta Balbi.