Pompeii fresco depicts what might be the precursor of pizza
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Guardian News Archaeologists have discovered a fresco that might be the ancestor of the Italian pizza in the ancient Roman city of Pompeii.
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The painting, found on the wall of a house, depicts a flatbread with pomegranates and dates next to a wine goblet. Although it lacks classic pizza ingredients such as tomato and mozzarella, Pompeii's archaeological director Gabriel Zuchtriegel said it could be a distant relative of the modern dish.
Pompeii, destroyed by an eruption of the Mount Vesuvius volcano nearly 2,000 years ago, is only about 15 miles away from Naples, the modern-day home of the Italian pizza, a Unesco-protected food.
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