if you think that the trend of street food is something very new let us tell you that this tradition has been there since 79 ad and this has been proven by the archaeologists who have made an extraordinary find of a frescoed hot food and drinks shop serving the ancient equivalent of street food to roman passerby the discovery was made in pompeii a city south of naples which was buried due to a volcanic eruptionknown as a termopolium latin for hot drinks counter the shop was discovered in the archaeological parks regio v site which is not yet open for the public and unveiled on saturday the traces of nearly 2000yearold food were found in some of the deep terra cotta jars containing hot food the front of the counter was decorated with brightly coloured frescoes some depicting animals that were part of the ingredients in the food sold such as a chicken and two ducks hanging upside downaccording to massimo ossana director of the pompeii archaeological park the preliminary analyses shows that the figures drawn on the front of the counter represent at least in part the food and drink that were sold there and this is for the first time they were excavating an entire termopoliuma romanera fastfood stall was unearthed in the ruins of pompeii with traces of food remaining in some 2000yearold jars pictwittercomrimlx1fye5 reuters reuters december 27 2020 if we go by the reuters report there are traces of pork fish snails and beef on the containers which is believed to be the testimony to the great variety of animal products used to prepare dishesas per the report about twothirds of the 66hectare 165acre ancient town of pompeii has been uncovered till date the ruins were not discovered until the 16th century and organised excavations began about 1750 a rare documentation of grecoroman life pompeii is one of italys most popular attractions and a unesco world heritage sitewith inputs from reuters