An underground bakery, where slaves and animals worked in darkness to grind grain for bread has been found in the ruins of Pompeii, the ancient city buried in volcanic ash in 79 AD.
The Archaeological Park of Pompeii announced last week the finding of "a cramped room with no view of the outside world and with small windows high in the wall, with iron bars, to let the light in." Also found were "indentations" in the floor "to coordinate the movement of the animals, forced to walk around for hours, blindfolded."
The facility was found in a house currently under excavation. The house was divided into a residential area "decorated with exquisite Fourth Style frescoes" and a "productive quarter," the bakery. Three skeletons were discovered in one room of the bakery, showing that the house was inhabited.
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