Objects found in a wardrobe in a 2000-year-old house in Pompeii, Italy (courtesy- the Archaeological Park…
Tag: Mount Vesuvius eruption
When Mount Vesuvius erupted in AD 79, a round loaf of bread in Herculaneum was buried under volcanic debris; it was found carbonised nearly 2,000 years later, still showing its eight segments and a baker’s stamp
A 2,000-year-old preserved loaf of bread from Herculaneum. (Photo: National Maritime Museum, Sydney, via World History…