Ancient snack bar hides Egyptian secret buried for nearly 2,000 years

Archaeologists recently unveiled an Egyptian vase inside what was once a fast-food kitchen in Pompeii.

In a Nov.6 Facebook post, thePompeii Archaeological Parksaid the ceramic situla, or vase, was found in the Thermopolium in Regio V, an ancient snack bar.

“The glazed vessel, usually found in the Vesuvian area as a prized decorative object in gardens or representative spaces, was evidently reused here as a kitchen container,” officials said.

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“Ongoing restoration analysis may eventually reveal what it once held.”

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The Thermopolium was destroyed with the rest of Pompeii whenMount Vesuvius eruptedin 79 AD.

Archaeologists uncovered an Egyptian vase hidden inside an ancient Pompeii snack bar buried by Mount Vesuvius in 79 AD.(Pompeii Archaeological Park via Facebook;The Print Collector/Getty Images)

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Though the excavation took place in 2023, officials didn’t announce the find until this month. 

“We see here a certain creativity in decorating both sacred and everyday spaces.”

“In the ground-floor kitchen,cooking tools[such as] mortars and pans and numerous wine amphorae of Mediterranean origin were found still in place,” the translated post added.

religious ideaswithin the Roman Empire,” Zuchtriegel said. 

Experts say the glazed vessel found in the Pompeii eatery was likely reused as a kitchen container.(Pompeii Archaeological Park via Facebook)

“And we see this phenomenon not at an elite level, but in the backroom of a popina, a street food outlet of Pompeii — in other words, at a middle- or lower-class level of local society, which nonetheless played a key role in promoting Eastern cultural and religious forms, including Egyptian cults and,later, Christianity.”

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Officials also described the situla as a “testament to the commercial and cultural exchanges that characterized Pompeii.”

In recent months, the Pompeii Archaeological Park has unveiled other fascinating archaeology-related developments. 

The Thermopolium, destroyed in 79 AD, preserved evidence of ancient Roman food service and urban living.(Pompeii Archaeological Park via Facebook)

This summer, anancient gardenin Pompeii was reconstructed with thousands of historically accurate plants.

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Earlier in the spring, officials revealed new details about a family’sfight for survivalwhen Vesuvius erupted.