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Archaeologists recently unveiled an Egyptian vase in a former fast-food kitchen in Pompeii.
In a Facebook post on November 6th, Pompeii Archaeological Park It states that a pottery situla, or vase, was discovered in the thermopolium of Regio V, an ancient snack bar.
“This glass vessel is usually found in the Vesuvian region as a valuable ornament in gardens and representative spaces, but here it was clearly reused as a kitchen vessel,” the official said.
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“The ongoing restoration analysis may finally reveal what this site once held.”
The Thermopolium was destroyed along with the rest of Pompeii. Mount Vesuvius erupted 79 AD.
Archaeologists discovered an Egyptian vase hidden inside an ancient Pompeii snack bar buried near Mount Vesuvius in 79 AD. (Pompeii Archaeological Park, via Facebook, Print Collector/Getty Images)
The excavation took place in 2023, but authorities did not announce the discovery until this month.
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Archaeologists also uncovered other interesting details about the Thermopolium, including a service area and a modest apartment on the second floor where shopkeepers once lived.
“We can find here a certain creativity in decorating both sacred and everyday spaces.”
“In the kitchen on the first floor, cooking utensils [such as] Mortars and pots of Mediterranean origin and numerous wine amphorae were found still in place,” the translated post added.
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Park director Gabriel Zstriegel said the vase reflects the good taste of its owner, even though it is a “lower-class” facility.
“We can find here a certain creativity in decorating both sacred and everyday spaces, the altar and the kitchen, with objects that reflect taste and style, and perhaps also the permeability and fluidity of their possibilities. religious ideas within the Roman Empire,” Zushtrigel said.
Experts say the glazed containers found in Pompeii’s dining hall were likely reused as kitchen containers. (Pompeii Archaeological Park, via Facebook)
“And we see this phenomenon not at the elite level, but in the back rooms of the popeian street food shops of Pompeii. In other words, at the level of the middle or lower classes of local society, which nevertheless played an important role in promoting Eastern cultural and religious forms, including Egyptian cults. Then Christianity. ”
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Officials also said the site is “evidence of the commercial and cultural exchanges that characterized Pompeii.”
In recent months, the Pompeii Archaeological Park has revealed other interesting archeology-related developments.
Destroyed in 79 AD, the Thermopolium preserved traces of ancient Roman food service and city life. (Pompeii Archaeological Park, via Facebook)
This summer, ancient garden The ruins of Pompeii have been restored with thousands of historically accurate plants.
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