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.

Pompeii is such an amazing archaeological site as it was frozen in time. Nor gradual decline. It really shows how the little things stay the same throughout history. From humor, to in this case, the presence of street food. I don't think there is any city we have found that is so preserved in time as Pompeii.

  • coeliacmccarthy [he/him]
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    4 years ago

    Pompeii's full of thermopolia but this is the best-preserved one I've seen. dank frescoes

    • SnobismFirstWorldism [any]
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      4 years ago

      Was going to comment the same. Others I’ve seen pictures of are not nearly as decorated, perhaps this was a place where the wealthy ate.

      • coeliacmccarthy [he/him]
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        4 years ago

        I'm pretty sure this one's just well preserved since it's the first newly excavated thermopolium in decades. Frescoes that are near ground level will get rubbed and worn away to nothing real fast unless protected. I'd guess that most "working class" thermopolia in Pompeii had similar decorations originally.