A fresco depicting what appears to be the ancestor of Italian pizza has been discovered on the wall of a house in the ancient Roman city of Pompeii, Italy’s culture ministry announced on Tuesday, Reuters reported.

Archaeologists suggest that the flatbreads, which are pictured next to a glass of wine, could have been eaten with fruits such as pomegranates or dates, or seasoned with spices and a type of pesto sauce, the ministry said.

While it doesn’t technically qualify as pizza because it lacks classic ingredients like tomatoes and mozzarella, what was found in Pompeii “may be a distant relative of this modern dish,” the statement said.

Pompeii, destroyed by the eruption of Mount Vesuvius almost 2,000 years ago, is only about 23 km from Naples, the modern birthplace of the Italian pizza, a dish protected by UNESCO.

The fresco was discovered in the hall of a house with a bakery, which was partially excavated in the 19th century and where excavations resumed in January.

The site of Pompeii, discovered only in the 16th century, has seen a recent surge in archaeological activity aimed at reversing years of degradation and neglect. The new wave of archaeological research is largely due to a €105 million project funded by the EU.