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Nearly 2,000-Year-Old Bones Reveal What Vesuvius Victims Near Pompeii Ate
Nearly 2,000-year-old human remains from Oplontis, near Pompeii, are revealing what people living in the shadow of Mount Vesuvius regularly ate before the catastrophic eruption of AD 79. Despite living beside the Bay of Naples, their diet depended overwhelmingly on food from the land. Cereals, legumes and other plant foods formed its foundation, while animal…
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A Roman Amphora Reveals Sardine Consumption in Roman-Era Switzerland
Archaeologists working at Gebenstorf, near the Limmat River in northern Switzerland, have uncovered the first archaeological evidence that sardines were consumed in Roman-era Switzerland, following the analysis of fish remains preserved inside a Roman amphora. The amphora was discovered during a rescue excavation carried out ahead of a residential construction project. The site lies almost…