2,000 year-old apple to feature at antiques fair in Leeds

A 2,000 year-old apple will be on sale in West Yorkshire this weekend.

The carbonated apple was found, along with other fruit, during the late 19th century excavations on the site of the market place in the Roman city of Pompeii.

Its blackened and petrified state is a result of the intense heat due to being buried by hot volcanic ash when Pompeii was engulfed following the famous eruption of Mount Vesuvius on 24th August AD 79.

It is priced at £550 at the Antiques & Fine Art Fair, open at Harewood House, Leeds, from Friday 12 to Sunday 14 May 2017.