Old News: 2000 years old loaf of bread found in the ruins of Pompeii

[Vishera]

Summary

 

A 2000 years old bread was found in the ruins of Pompeii,

Preserved thanks to the tragic eruption of mount Vesuvius.

 

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The ruins of Pompeii were first “discovered” in the late 16th century, even though the existence of an ancient city,

hidden for centuries somewhere below the ground, was well known.

 

 

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Loaves of bread were found in an oven inside the ruins of a bakery, preserved in charcoal, covered in ancient ash, with their texture and shape looking like they just came out of the oven.

Each is marked with the baker’s stamp, which was used as a guarantee of quality and a mark of the bakery in which the loaf was made.

 

 

 

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The violent eruption of Mount Vesuvius is considered to be one of the greatest natural catastrophes of the ancient world, when several cities in the Bay of Naples were covered in ash and rock, and left just as they stood on that fateful day in 79 AD.

 

My thoughts

It's amazing that we found a 2000 years old bread that was never touched,and that it survived for more than 2000 years.

The tragic eruption of mount Vesuvius at least helped with preserving Pompeii and it's wonders,i will be glad to visit it one day.

It reminds me that the Romans ate well,a common Roman breakfast consisted of bread with cheese and olives,or honey - Delicious!,the Romans had good taste!.

 

Sources

https://www.thevintagenews.com/2018/07/07/ancient-bread/

 

Here is a recipe for the bread:

https://www.zmescience.com/science/archaeology/ancient-bread-roman-recipe-17032017/

[Drama Lama]

And how does it taste?

[FavoringWinter]

that bread looks pretty bad, I can go to the local bakery by me and get better bread.

[Vishera]

Just now, Drama Lama said:

And how does it taste?

If you bake one it's actually really good,

But the original is just bread and volcano ash  

[Vishera]

Just now, Hackerman25 said:

that bread looks pretty bad, I can go to the local bakery by me and get better bread.

It's filled with volcano ash,due to a volcanic eruption.

You could bake one if you want,it has a white-brown color.

[minibois]

Together with this:

 

It's time for my ancient grilled cheese sandwich.

[Sauron]

1 minute ago, minibois said:

It's time for my ancient grilled cheese sandwich.

Don't even need to toast it

[PlayStation 2]

Hell nah put that shit back where it came from, this year is not the year to unleash a new plague onto humans

[WereCatf]

32 minutes ago, Vishera said:

Each is marked with the baker’s stamp

That's actually a pretty neat little detail; they don't do that anymore.

[Tristerin]

So they use the same ingredients as McDonalds french fries I see!

[WereCatf]

2 minutes ago, PlayStation 2 said:

Hell nah put that shit back where it came from, this year is not the year to unleash a new plague onto humans

You're saying there's a plague in the bread all this time, just.....loafing around?

[PlayStation 2]

1 minute ago, WereCatf said:

You're saying there's a plague in the bread all this time, just.....loafing around?

Corny jokes are the bread and butter of this forum.

[Vishera]

9 minutes ago, PlayStation 2 said:

Hell nah put that shit back where it came from, this year is not the year to unleash a new plague onto humans

The black death was rampant in medieval times,not in the times of the Romans.

@WereCatf

[WereCatf]

1 minute ago, PlayStation 2 said:

Corny jokes are the bread and butter of this forum.

Takes a bit of skill to knead them into an easy-to-swallow form, though.

[PlayStation 2]

1 minute ago, Vishera said:

The black death was rampant in medieval times,not in the times of the Romans.

@WereCatf

Yeah, but it's also 2 millennia old. God knows what's fermented or grown in that shit.

[minibois]

10 minutes ago, Sauron said:

Don't even need to toast it

Nah, I'll warm it up still.

Someone once looked at baked bread and said "what if I warmed it up again!" And made toast.

 

My ancient grilled cheese will make history.

[WereCatf]

1 minute ago, Vishera said:

The black death was rampant in medieval times,not in the times of the Romans.

@WereCatf

[Vishera]

3 minutes ago, minibois said:

My ancient grilled cheese will make history.

It will be a glorious sandwich!

1 minute ago, WereCatf said:

Was just correcting a misconception

 

[Vishera]

15 minutes ago, WereCatf said:

That's actually a pretty neat little detail; they don't do that anymore.

Yeah,it's really cool,bakers that are proud in their work making sure that anyone who looks at their bread will know it,and know who made it in case they want to buy one.

Would be nice to see a comeback of this trend.

[Aereldor]

We had 1000 year old bread at my high school every day but nobody wrote a news article about it

[Vishera]

2 minutes ago, Aereldor said:

We had 1000 year old bread at my high school every day but nobody wrote a news article about it

Do you mind to elaborate?

 

Edit: I missed the joke,i got it just now

[Windows7ge]

Prehistoric bread. Lasts over 2 millennia and is still recognizable.

Modern day bread. Can't go two weeks in my cupboard without growing four different colors of mold...

 

What is their secret?

[minibois]

6 hours ago, Windows7ge said:

Prehistoric bread. Lasts over 2 millennia and is still recognizable.

Modern day bread. Can't go two weeks in my cupboard without growing four different colors of mold...

 

What is their secret?

We've all seen this timelapses of McDonalds burgers lasting for months looking the same, so I'm sure the research into how preserving 'food' starts there.

[Spotty]

7 hours ago, Vishera said:

The black death was rampant in medieval times,not in the times of the Romans.

@WereCatf

 

7 hours ago, Vishera said:

Was just correcting a misconception

What misconception??? No-one said anything about the black death. They said a plague, of which there have been others throughout history, including during the time of the Roman Empire.

 

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_epidemics

[Nowak]

Pretty soon we will have enough ancient foods for the Forbidden Meal.