"Pompeii's Dark Secret: A Bakery-Prison Unearthed"

Archaeologists have discovered a cramped room with barred windows in Pompeii, believed to have been a bakery-prison for enslaved people. The small space, devoid of external views, would have confined individuals to grind grain for bread-making. The discovery sheds light on the harsh realities of ancient slavery, where enslaved people were subjected to brute violence and restricted freedom of movement. The bakery-prison was separate from the rest of the house, with no external access, and evidence suggests that donkeys were also confined and forced to walk blindfolded. The excavation site, located in a house undergoing renovations at the time of the eruption of Mount Vesuvius in AD79, contained the remains of three individuals.