A loaf of bread left inside an oven in Herculaneum during the AD 79 eruption of Mount Vesuvius was discovered carbonised during excavations in 1930. The nearly 2,000-year-old find offers a glimpse into ancient Roman food habits. The British Museum later recreated the bread, while other preserved loaves reveal how Romans divided bread into portions and used stamps to identify it. A loaf of bread left inside an oven in Herculaneum during the AD 79 eruption of Mount Vesuvius was discovered carbonised during excavations in 1930. The nearly 2,000-year-old find offers a glimpse into ancient Roman food habits. The British Museum later recreated the bread, while other preserved loaves reveal how Romans divided bread into portions and used stamps to identify it.
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2,000-year-old Vesuvius bread still shows 8 segments and baker’s stamp
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