{"id":51910,"date":"2020-12-26T10:00:11","date_gmt":"2020-12-26T15:00:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=51910"},"modified":"2020-12-26T11:10:20","modified_gmt":"2020-12-26T16:10:20","slug":"archaeologists-uncover-ancient-street-food-shop-in-pompeii","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/archaeologists-uncover-ancient-street-food-shop-in-pompeii\/","title":{"rendered":"Archaeologists uncover ancient street food shop in Pompeii"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">16<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Farchaeologists-uncover-ancient-street-food-shop-in-pompeii%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=51910&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>December 26, 2020<\/p>\n<p>By Philip Pullella<\/p>\n<p>ROME (Reuters) \u2013 Archaeologists in Pompeii, the city buried in a volcanic eruption in 79 AD, have made the extraordinary find of a frescoed hot food and drinks shop that served up the ancient equivalent of street food to Roman passersby.<\/p>\n<p>Known as a termopolium, Latin for hot drinks counter, the shop was discovered in the archaeological park\u2019s Regio V site, which is not yet open the public, and unveiled on Saturday.<\/p>\n<div class=\"ad-spot\">\n<p><!-- AuctionX Display platform tag START --><\/p>\n<div id=\"24697x300x250x4195x_ADSLOT1\"><\/div>\n<p><!-- AuctionX Display platform tag END --><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div data-pw-desk=\"med_rect_atf\"><\/div>\n<div data-pw-mobi=\"med_rect_atf\"><\/div>\n<p>Traces of nearly 2,000-year-old food were found in some of the deep terra cotta jars containing hot food which the shop keeper lowered into a counter with circular holes.<\/p>\n<p>The front of the counter was decorated with brightly coloured frescoes, some depicting animals that were part of the ingredients in the food sold, such as a chicken and two ducks hanging upside down.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis is an extraordinary find. It\u2019s the first time we are excavating an entire termopolium,\u201d said Massimo Ossana, director of the Pompeii archaeological park.<\/p>\n<p>Archaeologists also found a decorated bronze drinking bowl known as a patera, ceramic jars used for cooking stews and soups, wine flasks and amphora.<\/p>\n<p>Pompeii, 23 km (14 miles) southeast of Naples, was home to<\/p>\n<p>about 13,000 people when it was buried under ash, pumice pebbles<\/p>\n<p>and dust as it endured the force of an eruption equivalent to<\/p>\n<p>many atomic bombs.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOur preliminary analyses shows that the figures drawn on the front of the counter, represent, at least in part, the food and drink that were sold there,\u201d said Valeria Amoretti, a site anthropologist.<\/p>\n<p>Amoretti said traces of pork, fish, snails and beef had been found in the containers, a discovery she called a \u201ctestimony to the great variety of animal products used to prepare dishes\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>About two-thirds of the 66-hectare (165-acre) ancient town has been uncovered. The ruins were not discovered until the 16th<\/p>\n<p>century and organised excavations began about 1750.<\/p>\n<p>A rare documentation of Greco-Roman life, Pompeii is one of<\/p>\n<p>Italy\u2019s most popular attractions and a UNESCO World Heritage<\/p>\n<p>Site.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>(Reporting by Philip Pullella; Editing by Alexandra Hudson)<\/p>\n<div class=\"ad-spot\">\n<p><!-- AuctionX Display platform tag START --><\/p>\n<div id=\"24697x300x250x4195x_ADSLOT1\"><\/div>\n<p><!-- AuctionX Display platform tag END --><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div data-pw-desk=\"med_rect_atf\"><\/div>\n<div data-pw-mobi=\"med_rect_atf\"><\/div>\n<p>The post <a href=\"https:\/\/www.oann.com\/archaeologists-uncover-ancient-street-food-shop-in-pompeii\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Archaeologists uncover ancient street food shop in Pompeii<\/a> first appeared on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.oann.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">One America News Network<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>December 26, 2020 By Philip Pullella ROME (Reuters) \u2013 Archaeologists in Pompeii, the city buried in a volcanic eruption in 79 AD, have made the extraordinary find of a frescoed &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2273658,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-51910","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/51910","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=51910"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/51910\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2273658"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=51910"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=51910"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=51910"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}