Archaeologists have discovered an ancient snack bar in the ruins of the Roman city of Pompeii. The counter's colorful frescoes have survived nearly 2,000 years under volcanic ash and pumice.

Archaeologists unearth well-preserved ancient "snack bar" in Pompeii ruins By Sophie Lewis December 26, 2020 / 12:05 PM EST / CBS News ...

Last week researchers have found an exceptionally preserved, frescoed thermopolian - the equivalent of a modern day snack bar. Pompeii - at one time a thriving Ancient Roman city - was washed away ...

The ruins were not discovered until the 16th century and organised excavations began about 1750. A rare documentation of Greco-Roman life, Pompeii is one of Italy’s most popular attractions and ...

Archaeologists working in the ruins of the former Roman city this month excavated a thermopolium, or snack bar, containing food that dates back to A.D. 79.

A snack bar has been excavated in Pompeii, giving fresh insight into life in the ancient city. Video and images released on December 26 shows the eatery – known as a thermopolium – of Regio V ...

Pompeii is famed for plaster-cast bodies, ruins, frescoes and the rare snapshot it provides of a rather typical ancient Roman city.But less famous is its evidence of viticulture. Wild grapevines ...

The site of a “bakery-prison” in the ruins of Pompeii, where slaves and donkeys were locked up to grind the grain needed to make bread. ... and was crossed with iron bars.