 Fish from the red sea, luxuries like artichoke and citron as well as pepper from India and Game animals, snails and oysters were some of the foods available.Findings of seeds of cabbage, leaf beet, lettuce, mint, basil and a few others, which would not have been present if the vegetables were delivered to eat, suggest that, food was both delivered and grown at Mons Claudianus, to maintain the health of the workers with proper iron and vitamin C intake.Germinated, carbonised barley grains have also been found, suggesting that the inhabitants brewed beer.