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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…