Researchers discovered the 2,000-year-old painting at the Pompeii archaeological site. But it's probably not pizza, which was invented later.

Italian archaeologists digging in Pompeii uncovered a 2,000-year-old fresco featuring what looks remarkably like a modern-day pizza– and some believe it might actually be a direct ancestor of ...

A fresco discovered at the Pompeii archaeological site looks like a pizza, but it's not, experts say. Tomatoes and mozzarella were not available when the fresco was painted some 2,000 years ago.

The food depicted in the roughly 2,000-year-old fresco did not include cheese and tomato but could be a “distant ancestor” of pizza, archaeologists said.

A fresco discovered in Pompeii looks like ancient pizza—but it’s likely focaccia Mount Vesuvius destroyed the city before tomatoes and mozzarella made it to Europe. By Laura Baisas ...

A recently unearthed fresco at a house in Pompeii shows a flatbread that could have been a precursor to pizza. Archaeological Park of Pompeii In a fresco found at Pompeii, a silver platter holds a ...

Human History So-Called Pompeii ‘Pizza’ Painting Is Just Flatbread—But That’s Okay It’s well-painted, well-preserved, and very much not an actual depiction of a pizza.

A Proto-Pizza Emerges From a Fresco on a Pompeii Wall That doughy disc with delectable toppings seen in a 2,000-year-old painting is not a pizza, experts insist. But can we get one delivered anyway?

Archaeologists in the ancient Roman city of Pompeii said Tuesday they had found what might have been the precursor to the modern-day pizza depicted on an ancient fresco -- but without the cheese ...

While carefully sweeping away volcanic rock from one of the many homes in Pompeii, archaeologists found a fresco of a very familiar-looking food being served on a metal plate: a pizza.

A fresco that depicts what might be an ancestor of the Italian pizza has been found on the wall of an house in the ancient Roman city of Pompeii, Italy's Culture Ministry said on Tuesday.

Archaeologists in the ancient Roman city of Pompeii say they have found what might have been the precursor to the modern-day pizza depicted on an ancient fresco.