Sorry, pizza purists: Fresco from Pompeii shows Romans ate a precursor to pizza 2,000 years ago with fruit resembling pineapple

A close-up of the fresco found in Pompeii shows a chalice, various fruits and a circular bread topped with ingredients resembling a pizza.

The fresco depicts a pizza-like food on a silver plate.Pompeii Archaeological Park A fresco in Pompeii has revealed a surprising feast: a breaded food that looks like a pizza. It may not qualify as pizza since Pompeii didn’t have access to tomatoes or mozzarella, the researchers said. The food may be an ancestor of pizza, … Read more