Another extraordinary discovery in
Pompeii. Archaeologists unearth, in the new excavations taken up within the maintenance and restoration project of the Regio V, an extraordinary Thermopoly well-preserved , (ancient snack bar, places where drinks and hot foods were served).
This thermopoly has the image of a sea nymph on horseback and animals so brightly colored that they appear three-dimensional. The thermopolies, where the Pompeians used to consume hot food and drinks, as the name of Greek origin indicates, contained the food in large dolia (jars) embedded in the masonry counter.
These establishments were very common in the Roman world, where it was customary to consume the prandium (food) outside the home. About eighty have been found in Pompeii alone, but none with the counter fully painted, confirming the exceptional nature of the find.