Pompeii - Villa of Diomedes

At the northwest end of the Street of Tombs is the large Villa of Diomedes, with an extensive garden enclosed by a portico 33m/36yd long each way. In the center of the garden is a basin and six columns which belonged to a pavilion. In an underground passage (cryptoporticus) were found the bodies of 18 women and children. Near the garden door (now walled up) was the body of a man, presumably the owner of the house, with a key in his hand and a slave beside him carrying money and valuables.