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WORLD NEWS Monday 28 deceMber 2020
Mallard to go? Dig of Pompeii fast-food place reveals tastes

By FRANCES D’EMILIO test to selective breeding
Associated Press in the Roman epoch to ob-
ROME (AP) — A fast-food tain this result.”
eatery at Pompeii has Also unearthed were a
been excavated, helping bronze ladle, nine ampho-
to reveal dishes that were rae, which were popular
popular for the citizens of food containers in Roman
the ancient Roman city times, a couple of flasks
who were partial to eating and a ceramic oil contain-
out. er. Successful restaurateurs
Pompeii Archaeological know that a good loca-
Park’s longtime chief, Mas- tion can be crucial, and
simo Osanna said Satur- the operator of this ancient
day that while some 80 fast-food seemed to have
such fast-foods have been found a good spot.
found at Pompeii, it is the Osanna noted that right
first time such a hot-food- outside the eatery was a
drink eatery — known as a small square with a foun-
thermopolium — was com- tain, with another thermo-
pletely unearthed. polium in the vicinity.
A segment of the fast-food Pompeii was destroyed by
counter was partially dug the volcanic eruption of
up in 2019 during work to Mount Vesuvius, which is
shore up Pompeii’s oft- near present-day Naples.
crumbling ruins. Since then, Much of the ancient city still
archaeologists kept dig- lies unexcavated. The site is
ging, revealing a multi- An undated photo made available by the Pompeii Archeological park press office shows the one of Italy’s most popular
thermopolium in the Pompeii archeological park, near Naples, Italy.
sided-counter, with typical Associated Press tourist attractions.
wide holes inserted into its Those bones were appar-
top. The countertop held menu. from goats, pigs, fish and weren’t frequented by the ently disturbed in the 17th
deep vessels for hot foods, Another fresco depicted a snails. At the bottom of a Roman elite. century during clandes-
not unlike soup containers dog on a leash, perhaps wine container were trac- One surprise find was the tine excavations by thieves
nestled into modern-day not unlike modern remind- es of ground fava beans, complete skeleton of a dog. looking for valuables, Pom-
salad bars. ers to leash pets. Vulgar which in ancient times The discovery intrigued the peii authorities said. Some
Plant and animal specialists graffiti were inscribed on were added to wine for fla- excavators, since it wasn’t of the bones belonged
are still analyzing remains the painting’s frame. vor and to lighten its color, a “large, muscular dog like to a man, who, when the
from the site, with its coun- Valeria Amoretti, a Pompeii Amoretti said. that painted on the coun- Vesuvius volcano erupted,
ter frescoed with a figure staff anthropologist, said “We know what they were ter but of an extremely appeared to have been ly-
of an undersea nymph “initial analyses confirm eating that day,” said small example” of an adult ing on a bed or a cot, since
astride a horse. Images of how the painted images Osanna, referring to the dog, whose height at shoul- nails and pieces of wood
two upside-down mallards represent, at least in part, day of Pompeii’s destruc- der level was 20-to-25 cen- were found under his body,
and a rooster, whose plum- the foods and beverages tion in 79 A.D. timeters (8-to-10 inches), authorities said. Other hu-
age was painted with the effectively sold inside.” The food remains indicated Amoretti said. man remains were found
typical vivid color known as Her statement noted that “what’s popular with the It’s rather rare, Amoretti inside one of the counter’s
Pompeiian red, also bright- duck bone fragment was common folk,” Osanna said, to find remains from vessels, possibly placed
ened the eatery and likely found in one of the con- told Rai state TV, noting ancient times of such small there by those excavators
served to advertise the tainers, along with remains that street-food places dogs, discoveries that “at- centuries agoq

Japan adopts green growth plan to go carbon free by 2050

By MARI YAMAGUCHI emissions in 30 years. As in weaning resource-poor
Associated Press the world faces an environ- Japan from its reliance on
TOKYO (AP) — Japan aims mental challenge, green imported oil and gas.
to eliminate gasoline-pow- investment is an opportuni- The strategy identified 14
ered vehicles in about 15 ty for growth not a burden, industries, such as offshore
years, the government said he said. wind, hydrogen and fuel
Friday in a plan to achieve The strategy, which pro- ammonia as well as autos
Prime Minister Yoshihide vides a roadmap to and rechargeable batter-
Suga’s ambitious pledge achieving the goals in dif- ies and roadmap for each
to go carbon free by 2050 ferent sectors, projected sector. The strategy shows
and generate nearly $2 tril- 30-50% increase in electric- an installation target for off-
lion growth in green busi- ity demand and called for shore wind power of up to
ness and investment. a push to triple renewables 45 gigawatts by 2040.
The “green growth strate- in the country’s energy mix Under the strategy, the
gy” urges utilities to bolster to about 50-60% from the government is also to pro-
renewables and hydrogen current level, while also vide tax incentives and
while calling for auto indus- maximizing use of nuclear other support to encour- In this Oct. 12, 2020, file photo, streaks of lights from cars pass
tries to go carbon free by power as a stable, clean age investment into green through a business district in Tokyo.
the mid-2030s. source of energy. technology, and projected Associated Press
Suga, in a policy speech But it was unclear if Suga an annual growth of 90 tril- ($1.8 trillion) by 2050. nancial support to compa-
in October, pledged to has the political heft to lion yen ($870 billion) by The government will offer nies, such as a 2 trillion yen
achieve net zero carbon overcome vested interests 2030 and 190 trillion yen tax incentives and other fi- ($19 billion) green fund.q