Something New

[Eva Elisabeth]

Bones and eggshells - both is chalk. Rot very slowly. They are just more fragile and grind easier mechanically, but in the well they were undisturbed...

The oldest piece of food I remember seeing was a carbonated loaf of bread found in Pompeii, which was buried under ash and pumice in the eruption of Mount Vesuvius in 79 AD. This loaf of bread and Pompeii itself are perhaps the most eerie thing and place I've ever seen! Especially after reading "The Last Days of Pompeii" and Pliny the Younger's eyewitness description. Gives me the creeps even now when just thinking of. Here's a picture of the loaf: