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Archaeologists hope to be able to say more precisely what was served at the corner snack in ancient Rome.
In Pompeii - the city that was buried under the ash and lava of Vesuvius in 79 AD - they have the remains of a Thermopolium, a shop for hot food and drinks.
Massimo Osanna, Archaeologist
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This is an extraordinary find.
We are in the Thermopolium in the Regio V area, where excavations began two years ago.
At that time we discovered one side of the counter, a beautiful piece.
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The snack was in one of the most beautiful places in Pompeii.
The frescoes apparently show, among other things, what there was to eat.
Massimo Osanna, Archaeologist
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On this page we see poultry just before slaughter and preparation, then this beautiful dog on a leash - something like a" warning of the dog "sign.
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It is the first complete thermopoly to be discovered in Pompeii.
The researchers found, among other things, a bronze drinking bowl and wine bottle - and the containers for the snacks have also been preserved.
Massimo Osanna, archaeologist
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We can now analyze the remains of the materials in the containers and find out what passers-by in Pompeii could buy here to eat and drink.
We will get to know a really extraordinary testimony to the Mediterranean food culture.
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The researchers also found an incomplete skeleton in the snack, a victim of the volcanic eruption in Pompeii almost two thousand years ago.
Around 13,000 people lived in the city, around 23 kilometers from Naples, until the eruption of Vesuvius.
Around a third of the Unesco world cultural heritage has not yet been exposed.