'Pizza' painting discovered in Roman ruins of Pompeii
'Pizza' painting has been discovered on the side of a home in Pompeii, an ancient Roman city.
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A possible "ancestor of pizza" painting found in the Roman ruins of Pompeii (AP)
The Italian Culture Ministry said on Tuesday that a painting depicting what could be an ancestor of the Italian pizza has been discovered on the side of a home in Pompeii, an ancient Roman city.
According to the Ministry, archaeologists believe the flatbread seen in the artwork next to a wine cup may have been served with fruits like pomegranates or dates or seasoned with spices and a kind of pesto sauce.
Despite the fact that it does not contain traditional pizza components like tomato and mozzarella, what was discovered in Pompeii is reportedly a "possibly a distant relative of the modern dish," as per the Ministry.
Pompeii, which was destroyed by a Mount Vesuvius eruption about 2000 years ago, is just about 23 kilometers from Naples, the modern-day birthplace of the Italian pizza, a dish that is protected by UNESCO.
The Ministry detailed that the painting was found in the hall of a building with a bakery attached that had been partially excavated in the 19th century.
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