{
  "id": 17058699,
  "title": "2,000-year-old Vesuvius bread still shows 8 segments and baker's stamp",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/29/2-000-year-old-vesuvius-bread-still-shows-8-segments-and-bakers-stamp",
  "topic": "culture",
  "section": "Culture",
  "published": "2026-10-29T11:00:00.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Times of India",
    "slug": "times-of-india",
    "url": "https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/world/europe/when-mount-vesuvius-erupted-in-ad-79-a-round-loaf-of-bread-in-herculaneum-was-buried-under-volcanic-debris-it-was-found-carbonised-nearly-2000-years-later-still-showing-its-eight-segments-and-a-bakers-stamp/articleshow/135300020.cms"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "A loaf of bread left inside an oven in Herculaneum during the AD 79 eruption of Mount Vesuvius was discovered carbonised during excavations in 1930. The nearly 2,000-year-old find offers a glimpse into ancient Roman food habits. The British Museum later recreated the bread, while other preserved loaves reveal how Romans divided bread into portions and used stamps to identify it.",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
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    "also_reported_by": []
  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}