The idea of an exhibition in Asti on diet in the ancient world draws its inspiration from the guidelines of Expo 2015 in Milan, “Feeding the Planet. Energy for Life”, which point out that “the quality and wholesomeness of food go hand in hand with the long-established traditions of farming and animal husbandry of local peoples and communities, the fruit of thousands of years of experience onto which strong scientific and technological innovations are now being grafted”. Continue reading Alle origini del gusto. Food in Pompeii and Ancient Italy (AT)
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Grater from grave 100, Campovalano (TE)
Wooden barrels in the ancient world
Cisalpine viticulture was already linked to the use of the oak barrel in the later Iron Age, as attested by the sources from the 2nd century BC onwards and very clearly in the funerary reliefs of the Roman period.
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