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July 10, 2023

This Rustic Dish in a Pompeii Fresco Isn’t Pizza — But It’s Something Close

If you look closely at the image above, you might notice a round, bready dish that closely resembles pizza. There’s a hitch, though: The Italian fresco was recently uncovered during an excavation in the city of Pompeii, which was buried in A.D. 79 after Mount Vesuvius erupted. That’s long before tomatoes, a South American crop, […]

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