The archeological park of Pompeii and the University of Campania analysed the bones of 64 victims of Vesuvius, in Oplontis, in a study published on 7 August 2026 in Journal of Archaeological Science Reports. These bodies piled in a seafront room offered a rare case, because the collagen of bones keeps the chemical trace of meals swallowed for years. The Roman diet that comes out of it comes first from the fields, when the sea, yet within hand, p…
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The archeological park of Pompeii and the University of Campania analysed the bones of 64 victims of Vesuvius, in Oplontis, in a study published on 7 August 2026 in Journal of Archaeological Science Reports. These bodies piled in a seafront room offered a rare case, because the collagen of bones keeps the chemical trace of meals swallowed for years. The Roman diet that comes out of it comes first from the fields, when the sea, yet within hand, p…