Prison Bakery Identified at Pompeii Sheds Light on Slavery in the Ancient World
about 5 months ago (12/12/2023)
Prison Bakery at Pompeii Sheds Light on Slavery in the Ancient World – ARTnews.com Skip to main content By Francesca Aton Plus Icon Francesca Aton Associate Digital Editor, ARTnews and Art in America View All December 12, 2023 12:47pm Prison bakery identified at Pompeii Archaeological Park, Italy. Courtesy Pompeii Archaeological Park A prison bakery where enslaved people were locked up with donkeys and forced to grind grain essential to the baking of bread has been identified by archaeologists at Pompeii Archaeological Park, the site announced on Friday. The cramped room contains only small windows secured with iron bars at the top of the wall.