A precious Egyptian vase has re-emerged in the ruins of Pompeii, in the so-called 'street food' area of antiquity, revealing unprecedented cultural and commercial links between the two civilisations.

According to the Archaeological Park of Pompeii, "hunting scenes in Egyptian style, produced in Alexandria, Egypt" are depicted on the object discovered in the kitchen of the Thermopolium of Regio V, where it was probably used as a food container.

The vase is seen as proof of the rich mix of cultures that contributed to daily life in Pompeii, before the city was destroyed by the eruption of Vesuvius in AD 79**.**

[Detail of the situla (vase) found in the Thermopolium Regio V of the Pompeii Archaeological Park] Detail of the situla (vase) found in the Thermopolium Regio V of the Archaeologi

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