An undated photo made available by the Pompeii Archeological park press office shows the thermopolium in the Pompeii archeological park, near Naples, Italy. (AP)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. 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. (AP) The ruins were not discovered until the 16th century and organised excavations began about 1750. The ruins were not discovered until the 16th century and organised excavations began about 1750.

Source: Indian Express December 27, 2020 00:22 UTC