Article 5C464 Snack bar in Pompeii offers insights into ancient eating habits – video report

Snack bar in Pompeii offers insights into ancient eating habits – video report

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The director of archaeology at Pompeii shows an exceptionally well-preserved snack bar, or thermopolium, which served food and drink to passers-by. Traces of food have been found in some of the jars, and the frescoes offer insights into Pompeiian eating habits. Human remains were also found of a victim of the volcanic eruption in AD79 that buried the ancient Roman city

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