2,000-Year-Old Snack Bars Found In Pompeii Show Even Ancient Romans Liked Fast Food

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[–]Lurker 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (3 children)

Archaeologists are some of the dumbest people with their conclusions.

— the 2,000-year-old relics were once thriving businesses that sold bread with salty fish, lentils, baked cheese, and spicy wine.

[–]SecretlyHistoric[S] 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (2 children)

How is that a stupid conclusion? Sometimes the obvious needs to be stated.

[–]Lurker 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun -  (1 child)

I disliked the "fast food" and "lower class" mixed with what we know at the time to be high quality food, and wine. It also looks like they stumbled upon food cellars and not thriving businesses at all. So I enjoyed the discovery but think the conclusion is mistaken.

[–]SecretlyHistoric[S] 3 insightful - 1 fun3 insightful - 0 fun4 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

Ah, okay. Fair enough. I'm not totally familiar with this site, but based on the structure of the counters in the photos, it does seem to imply some sort of counter structure for a business. I'm holding out for the additional analysis and further excavation/restoration before making any judgments. Since these are just the news articles, its difficult to get a real sense of what the archeologists were really finding, not just what the media interpreted as their findings