A two-thousand-year-old money snack bar was found in Pompeii, Italy, what was it like?

This question will be answered by Yu Tianjun, before answering this question, we first need to know why we need to study Pompeii.

First of all, why study Pompeii

Pompeii is one of the most developed cities in ancient Rome trade and commerce, in this city inside the tolerance and accommodate the brilliant Roman civilization, and because of the eruption of the volcano, Pompeii became the most thorough study of the Roman civilization, after all, the other places because of the continuation of the civilization, long ago is not the most original ancient Roman civilization. So Pompeii sealed by the volcano then became the perfect place to study the orthodox Roman civilization.

Pompeii

Secondly, the study of food stalls

Study of food stalls can allow scholars of ancient Western culture, a better understanding of the food culture and eating habits of Pompeii and the ancient Roman civilization at that time and now there is something different, or their own characteristics. Even through this understanding of the local civil culture, itself Rome is the representative of civil culture, the study of this food stall, is the greatest revelation of the Roman customs and traditions at that time.

Finally, what does this snack stand look like

In fact, there have been archaeologists who have shown us this snack stand, archaeologists have continued to excavate the ruins of Pompeii in recent years, and the recent discovery of this deli stand (thermopolia), located at the intersection of Pompeii's two bustling downtown streets, at least it can be proved that here at that time, the snack bar was a high-end commercial embodiment, or only the aristocrats could enjoy the package.

There are holes in the counter of this food stall for food jars, which are equivalent to the shelves we have now, and in the jars are supposed to be ingredients for customers or reserve ingredients.

The food stall

According to the latest stage of the work, the mural paintings were found to contain many scenes of life at that time, especially the appearance of many animal pictures in the mural paintings, which would have been the traditional menu of a snack store, suggesting that this is still a meat stall.

Archaeological site

Interestingly, the foreign archaeological team also found fragments of duck bones as well as the remains of pigs, goats, fish and snails in the clay pots, and crushed fava beans used to adjust the flavor of the wine at the bottom of the pots. This method of cooking is very much like the messy stew in our northeastern cuisine.