Fish sauce used to date Pompeii eruption

Monday, September 29, 2008 - 16:42 in Paleontology & Archaeology

Remains of rotten fish entrails have helped establish the precise dating of Pompeii's destruction, according to Italian researchers who have analyzed the town's last batch of garum, a pungent, fish-based seasoning.

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