Commotion in Archaeology: They Discover Thanks to Pompeii Vessels How the Taverns Worked 2,000 Years Ago

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A team of Japanese researchers has analyzed 40 vessels, some of them up to one metre high, from 14 taverns located in the ancient city of Pompeii and whose origin could go back 2,000 years ago. The results, published in the journal Archaeological Method and Theory, seek to shed new light on daily life and commercial practices before the eruption of Mount Vesuvius in 79 AD. However, the taverns still raise numerous questions for archaeologists. O…