To go pork, goat, fish and beans? The ancient Romans got hot food on the run just like the New Yorkers. Images of a recently discovered and beautifully decorated street food cart in Pompeii reveal what fast food the Romans must have gotten before the ancient city was destroyed by …
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The city of Pompeii was buried in a devastating volcanic eruption in AD, but archaeologists are still unearthing extraordinary structures in the area. On Saturday, they unveiled their new invention – a very well-preserved ancient “snack bar.” Officials said the Reggio V’s thermopolyum would be a shop selling hot food, …
Read More »Races of two men – possibly a slave man (left) and a rich man (right). Image: Parco Archaeologist de Pompeii (A.P.) Archaeologists working near the ancient city of Pompeii have unearthed the remains of two men who may have been trying to find refuge during the catastrophic eruption of Mount …
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Archaeologists have unearthed the remains of two men in the ancient Italian city of Pompeii – a master and his slave – who apparently escaped the eruption of Mount Vesuvius about 2,000 years ago. Men’s skulls and bone fragments were found next to each other during excavations of a once-magnificent …
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A Canadian tourist has returned stolen artefacts from an ancient site in Pompeii, saying they were “bad luck”. The 36-year-old woman, identified only as Nicole, sent a package of remains and a confessional note to a local travel agent in Campania, Italy, the Telegraph reported. “Take them back, please, they …
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