In the ancient city of Pompeii, archaeologists found a fresco near a bakery depicting a flatbread, which “might be the precursor to the Italian pizza,” the BBC reported. While the flatbread doesn’t ...

Culinary archaeological finds are exciting, and an ancient fresco recently uncovered in Pompeii just might show us the ...

The still life fresco of a food platter, with mensa flatbread at left. Photo: Archaeological Park of Pompeii / Italian Ministry of Culture Archaeologists excavating the ancient city of Pompeii have ...

Archaeologists uncovered an ancient Roman food counter on December 26. The counter was preserved underground by the 79 AD eruption of Mount Vesuvius. Remains show that ancient Romans could buy wine, ...

I’m standing in front of what looks, at first glance, like a colorful stone counter frozen mid-shift in an ancient workday.

While frescoes did not reach their height of popularity until the High Italian Renaissance in the fifteenth and sixteenth centuries, the art was practiced long before. The first frescoes were ...