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Pompeii culinary tastes revealed by archaeologists after Italian excavation uncovers 2,000-year-old food shop
A fast-food eatery at Pompeii has been excavated, helping to reveal dishes that were popular for the ancient Roman city’s citizens who archaeologists say enjoyed dining out.
Key points:
- Archaeologists discovered traces of nearly 2,000-year-old food including pork and snails
- For the first time, they found a hot-food-drink eatery called a thermopolium
- A decorated bronze drinking bowl known as a patera was also unearthed
While 80 fast foods were found in 2019, it was the first time that a hot-food-drink eatery — known as a thermopolium — was unearthed.
Pompeii Archaeological Park director, Massimo Osanna, said a segment of the fast-food counter had been partially dug up last year in work to shore up Pompeii’s ruins.
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