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Remains of a bakery in Pompeii . Wider view of Bakery . 20 th Century imagining of a Pompeii bakery. Bread, as it probably would have been in the 1 st century CE. . A possible fullery (cloth producing factory) ?. The cloth dying process (with a pet owl… naturally) .
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Bread, as it probably would have been in the 1st century CE.
Garum production (right) and a mosaic of a garum container from the house of Scaurus (we think) in the house of Scaurus in Pompeii.
Garum produced in Pompeii has been found around the empire. It would have been transported in amphorae (pots) like this one. Olive oil and wine would have been stored and transported in a similar way.
Image of the Marcellum(market) in the South West corner of the Forum in Pompeii
Wine press found in the Villa of Mysteries just outside Pompeii
Mosaic in the House of the Vetti – is it possible that this scene is a wine transaction ?
Archaeologists attempt to replant vines within the ruins of Pompeii, possibly near the House of Julia Felix.
Highly decorative wine jug (known as a Rhyton Jug) found at Pompeii
Fresco of Mercury and Bacchus in a thermopolium (take away shop). The fresco is above the bar of the shop, barrels of food would have sat in the holes and been warmed by coals beneath.