An extremely rare cycle of paintings depicting a raucous ritual involving the god of wine has been unearthed in Pompeii, the ...
Another new discovery in the ruins of Pompeii has shed light on the wilder side of the ancient Romans. An extremely rare frieze known as a “megalography,” or painting with life-sized figures, has been ...
Dr Zuchtriegel points to another frieze similarly featuring figures against a red background in Pompeii's Villa of Mysteries. 'These frescoes have a profoundly religious meaning which ...
"In 100 years' time, today will be remembered as historic because the discovery we are presenting is historic." Archaeologists excavating at the doomed Roman city of Pompeii, which was destroyed by ...
In a city buried under feet of ash and debris from the eruption of Mount Vesuvius in A.D. 79, archaeologists have announced ...
Pompeii's Secret Underworld ... Scratched on the walls of a courtyard is a stick figure scene next to a charcoal outline of a child's handprint. ZUCHTRIEGEL: So here we see the gladiators ...
Located in Regio IX of Pompeii, the residence housing the frieze ... surrounded by an entourage of bacchantes, fauns, and winged figures who are engaged in various rites. Like the Thiasus ...
A newly discovered fresco in Pompeii is shedding fresh light on the mysterious Dionysiac cults of the ancient world - and how ...
Another new discovery in the ruins of Pompeii has shed light on the wilder side of the ancient Romans. An extremely rare frieze known as a “megalography,” or painting with life-sized figures ...