{"id":65102,"date":"2021-08-09T16:48:03","date_gmt":"2021-08-09T20:48:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.biblicalarchaeology.org\/?p=65102"},"modified":"2022-10-04T22:53:18","modified_gmt":"2022-10-05T02:53:18","slug":"pompeii-fast-food-restaurant-uncovered","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.biblicalarchaeology.org\/daily\/ancient-cultures\/ancient-rome\/pompeii-fast-food-restaurant-uncovered\/","title":{"rendered":"Pompeii Fast Food Restaurant Uncovered"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"attachment_65104\" style=\"width: 491px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.biblicalarchaeology.org\/daily\/ancient-cultures\/ancient-rome\/pompeii-fast-food-restaurant-uncovered\/attachment\/termopolio-regio-v-cs\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"attachment noopener wp-att-65104\"><img decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-65104\" class=\"wp-image-65104 lazyload\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.biblicalarchaeology.org\/wp-content\/smush-avif\/2020\/12\/Termopolio-Regio-V-CS-300x226.jpg.avif\" alt=\"Sea Nymph Astride a sea-horse in article Pompeii Fast Food Restaurant Uncovered\" width=\"481\" height=\"362\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/www.biblicalarchaeology.org\/wp-content\/smush-avif\/2020\/12\/Termopolio-Regio-V-CS-300x226.jpg.avif 300w, https:\/\/www.biblicalarchaeology.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/Termopolio-Regio-V-CS.jpg 600w\" data-sizes=\"auto\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 481px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 481\/362;\" data-original-sizes=\"(max-width: 481px) 100vw, 481px\" data-smush-avif-fallback=\"{&quot;data-src&quot;:&quot;https:\\\/\\\/www.biblicalarchaeology.org\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2020\\\/12\\\/Termopolio-Regio-V-CS-300x226.jpg&quot;,&quot;data-srcset&quot;:&quot;https:\\\/\\\/www.biblicalarchaeology.org\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2020\\\/12\\\/Termopolio-Regio-V-CS-300x226.jpg 300w, https:\\\/\\\/www.biblicalarchaeology.org\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2020\\\/12\\\/Termopolio-Regio-V-CS.jpg 600w&quot;}\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-65104\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Sea Nymph Astride a sea-horse: <em>Courtesy the Archaeological Park of Pompeii<\/em><\/p><\/div>\n<p>Before Mt. Vesuvius erupted, the city of Pompeii housed 10,000 to 20,000 people, including many wealthy Romans who owned summer homes there. Among the other activities of daily life, the residents of Pompeii would often eat out. There were as many as 80 <em>Thermopolia<\/em> (snack bars) in the city.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_65105\" style=\"width: 173px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.biblicalarchaeology.org\/daily\/ancient-cultures\/ancient-rome\/pompeii-fast-food-restaurant-uncovered\/attachment\/termopolio-regio-v-cs2\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-65105\"><img decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-65105\" class=\"wp-image-65105 lazyload\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.biblicalarchaeology.org\/wp-content\/smush-avif\/2020\/12\/Termopolio-Regio-V-CS2-281x300.jpg.avif\" alt=\"Counter: Regio V Pompeii\" width=\"163\" height=\"174\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/www.biblicalarchaeology.org\/wp-content\/smush-avif\/2020\/12\/Termopolio-Regio-V-CS2-281x300.jpg.avif 281w, https:\/\/www.biblicalarchaeology.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/Termopolio-Regio-V-CS2.jpg 623w\" data-sizes=\"auto\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 163px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 163\/174;\" data-original-sizes=\"(max-width: 163px) 100vw, 163px\" data-smush-avif-fallback=\"{&quot;data-src&quot;:&quot;https:\\\/\\\/www.biblicalarchaeology.org\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2020\\\/12\\\/Termopolio-Regio-V-CS2-281x300.jpg&quot;,&quot;data-srcset&quot;:&quot;https:\\\/\\\/www.biblicalarchaeology.org\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2020\\\/12\\\/Termopolio-Regio-V-CS2-281x300.jpg 281w, https:\\\/\\\/www.biblicalarchaeology.org\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2020\\\/12\\\/Termopolio-Regio-V-CS2.jpg 623w&quot;}\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-65105\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Counter, Thermopolium Regio V: <em>Courtesy the Archaeological Park of Pompeii<\/em><\/p><\/div>\n<p>The Archaeological Park of Pompeii has announced that the <em>Thermopolium<\/em> of Regio V, a snack bar located between <em>Vicolo delle Nozze d&#8217;Argento<\/em> and <em>Vicolo dei Balconi<\/em>, has been fully excavated. The decorations include an image of a Nereid (sea nymph) astride a sea-horse, and an illustration that appears to be a trademark picture of the shop itself. <em>Amphorae<\/em> (two-handled clay jar) found in front of the counter are decorated with smaller versions of the same image.<\/p>\n<p>The last section of the counter shows pictures of the animals that were sold there, mallard ducks and a rooster. Laboratory analysis confirmed a fragment of duck bone in one of the <em>dolia<\/em> jars found embedded in the counter. Other jars contained goats, fish, pig, and land snails. A wine jar was found to contain broken or ground beans, which researchers believe were used to bleach the wine and alter its taste.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_65106\" style=\"width: 310px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.biblicalarchaeology.org\/daily\/ancient-cultures\/ancient-rome\/pompeii-fast-food-restaurant-uncovered\/attachment\/termopolio-regio-v-cs3\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"attachment noopener wp-att-65106\"><img decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-65106\" class=\"wp-image-65106 size-medium lazyload\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.biblicalarchaeology.org\/wp-content\/smush-avif\/2020\/12\/Termopolio-Regio-V-CS3-300x225.jpg.avif\" alt=\"Counter Showing Ducks and Rooster in article Pompeii Fast Food Restaurant Uncovered\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/www.biblicalarchaeology.org\/wp-content\/smush-avif\/2020\/12\/Termopolio-Regio-V-CS3-300x225.jpg.avif 300w, https:\/\/www.biblicalarchaeology.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/Termopolio-Regio-V-CS3.jpg 768w\" data-sizes=\"auto\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 300px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 300\/225;\" data-original-sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" data-smush-avif-fallback=\"{&quot;data-src&quot;:&quot;https:\\\/\\\/www.biblicalarchaeology.org\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2020\\\/12\\\/Termopolio-Regio-V-CS3-300x225.jpg&quot;,&quot;data-srcset&quot;:&quot;https:\\\/\\\/www.biblicalarchaeology.org\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2020\\\/12\\\/Termopolio-Regio-V-CS3-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\\\/\\\/www.biblicalarchaeology.org\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2020\\\/12\\\/Termopolio-Regio-V-CS3.jpg 768w&quot;}\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-65106\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Counter Showing Ducks and Rooster <em>Courtesy the Archaeological Park of Pompeii<\/em><\/p><\/div>\n<p>As Hershel Shanks wrote in &#8220;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.baslibrary.org\/biblical-archaeology-review\/36\/4\/6\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">The Destruction of Pompeii\u2014God\u2019s Revenge?<\/a>&#8221; (Biblical Archaeology Review,\u00a0July\/August 2010), Mt. Vesuvius eruption came only nine years or so after the Romans had destroyed the Second Temple in Jerusalem. Though a substantial Jewish community had been in Rome itself for some two hundred years, as well as large communities in other Mediterranean holdings of the Roman Empire, most Romans would not have made any connection. However, the Sybilline Oracles did reference smoking ashes and showers falling from heaven as &#8220;the wrath of the heavenly God.&#8221; And at least one Pompeiian, returning to survey the destruction of his home city, scratched &#8220;SODOM GOMOR[RAH]&#8221; on a surviving wall.<\/p>\n<p>Massimo Osanna, Interim Director General of the Archaeological Park of Pompeii, explained the importance of the recent excavations: \u201cThe possibilities for study of this Thermopolium are exceptional, because for the first time an area of this type has been excavated in its entirety, and it has been possible to carry out all the analyses that today\u2019s technology permits.\u201d He believes analysis will reveal much more about the normal diet of the people of Pompeii.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_65107\" style=\"width: 154px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.biblicalarchaeology.org\/daily\/ancient-cultures\/ancient-rome\/pompeii-fast-food-restaurant-uncovered\/attachment\/termopolio-regio-v-cs6\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-65107\"><img decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-65107\" class=\"wp-image-65107 lazyload\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.biblicalarchaeology.org\/wp-content\/smush-avif\/2020\/12\/Termopolio-Regio-V-CS6-275x300.jpg.avif\" alt=\"Guard Dog illustration, Thermopolium Regis V\" width=\"144\" height=\"157\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/www.biblicalarchaeology.org\/wp-content\/smush-avif\/2020\/12\/Termopolio-Regio-V-CS6-275x300.jpg.avif 275w, https:\/\/www.biblicalarchaeology.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/Termopolio-Regio-V-CS6.jpg 498w\" data-sizes=\"auto\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 144px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 144\/157;\" data-original-sizes=\"(max-width: 144px) 100vw, 144px\" data-smush-avif-fallback=\"{&quot;data-src&quot;:&quot;https:\\\/\\\/www.biblicalarchaeology.org\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2020\\\/12\\\/Termopolio-Regio-V-CS6-275x300.jpg&quot;,&quot;data-srcset&quot;:&quot;https:\\\/\\\/www.biblicalarchaeology.org\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2020\\\/12\\\/Termopolio-Regio-V-CS6-275x300.jpg 275w, https:\\\/\\\/www.biblicalarchaeology.org\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2020\\\/12\\\/Termopolio-Regio-V-CS6.jpg 498w&quot;}\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-65107\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><em>Courtesy the Archaeological Park of Pompeii<\/em><\/p><\/div>\n<p>Among the other finds was a complete skeleton of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.biblicalarchaeology.org\/daily\/ancient-cultures\/ancient-near-eastern-world\/millions-of-mummified-dogs-uncovered-at-saqqara\/\">a dog<\/a>. Unlike the intimidating guard dog depicted on the Restaurant&#8217;s image, the bones were of an adult dog whose shoulder was only eight to ten inches high. This is a rare indication that the extreme breeding of pet dogs was undertaken in Roman society 2,000 years ago.<\/p>\n<p>There were also human bones found, though those had been moved by lawbreaking 17th-century tunnelers who had been looking for precious objects to sell. One individual, at least fifty years old, had been in bed when Pompeii was destroyed. Another individual&#8217;s bones were apparently moved into a large jar by the earlier tunnelers.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_65108\" style=\"width: 555px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.biblicalarchaeology.org\/daily\/ancient-cultures\/ancient-rome\/pompeii-fast-food-restaurant-uncovered\/attachment\/termopolio-regio-v-cs11\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-65108\"><img decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-65108\" class=\"wp-image-65108 lazyload\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.biblicalarchaeology.org\/wp-content\/smush-avif\/2020\/12\/Termopolio-Regio-V-CS11-300x169.jpg.avif\" alt=\"Amphorae, Thermopolium Regio V found at Pompeii fast food restaurant\" width=\"545\" height=\"307\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/www.biblicalarchaeology.org\/wp-content\/smush-avif\/2020\/12\/Termopolio-Regio-V-CS11-300x169.jpg.avif 300w, https:\/\/www.biblicalarchaeology.org\/wp-content\/smush-avif\/2020\/12\/Termopolio-Regio-V-CS11-350x197.jpg.avif 350w, https:\/\/www.biblicalarchaeology.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/Termopolio-Regio-V-CS11.jpg 713w\" data-sizes=\"auto\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 545px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 545\/307;\" data-original-sizes=\"(max-width: 545px) 100vw, 545px\" data-smush-avif-fallback=\"{&quot;data-src&quot;:&quot;https:\\\/\\\/www.biblicalarchaeology.org\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2020\\\/12\\\/Termopolio-Regio-V-CS11-300x169.jpg&quot;,&quot;data-srcset&quot;:&quot;https:\\\/\\\/www.biblicalarchaeology.org\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2020\\\/12\\\/Termopolio-Regio-V-CS11-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\\\/\\\/www.biblicalarchaeology.org\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2020\\\/12\\\/Termopolio-Regio-V-CS11-350x197.jpg 350w, https:\\\/\\\/www.biblicalarchaeology.org\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2020\\\/12\\\/Termopolio-Regio-V-CS11.jpg 713w&quot;}\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-65108\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Vessels found at Thermopolium Regio V: <em>Courtesy the Archaeological Park of Pompeii<\/em><\/p><\/div>\n<p>The Archaeological Park of Pompeii is continuing laboratory analysis, and will probably continue to announce further discoveries. <a href=\"http:\/\/pompeiisites.org\/en\/comunicati\/the-ancient-snack-bar-of-regio-v-resurfaces-in-its-entirety-with-scenes-of-still-life-food-residues-animal-bones-and-victims-of-the-eruption\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Read their announcement here. <\/a>In August of 2021, the Guardian <a href=\"https:\/\/www.biblicalarchaeology.org\/daily\/pompeii-fast-food-restaurant-uncovered\/\">reported<\/a> that the <em>Thermopolium\u00a0<\/em>would be opening to the public, serving food to tourists, just as it did in Pompeii before the eruption of Vesuvius.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><sup><em>This post first appeared in Bible History Daily in December, 2020.<\/em><\/sup><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h4>Read more about Pompeii in the <em>BAS Library:<\/em><\/h4>\n<p><strong>Not a <em>BAS<\/em> Library or All-Access Member yet? 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