Known as a megalography—a Greek term for a large-scale painting—the banquet hall fresco was uncovered at the newly excavated House of Thiasus. It dates to the first century B.C.E., more than ...

A rare set of nearly life-sized paintings were dug up in Pompeii over the last few weeks, offering clues about rituals connected to the Greek god of wine in the ancient city that was destroyed 2,000 ...

Archaeologists in Pompeii have uncovered rare, nearly life-sized frescoes that offer fresh insight into religious practices in the ancient city before it was destroyed by Mount Vesuvius in AD 79, the ...

After nearly 2,000 years of being covered by volcanic ash, this beautiful fresco gets to see the light of day. It was unveiled at Pompeii recently and depicts the life of Dionysus, the Greek god ...

"EXCEPTIONAL" frescos of the Greek god of wine that reveal mystery cult rituals have been unearthed from ancient volcanic ash in Pompeii. Covering three sides of a magnificent banquet hall ...

Another tomb with unusual fresco decoration can be found in what was the ancient Greek city of Poseidonia (Paestum to the Romans), not far from the modern day Italian city of Salerno. Discovered ...

A museum director in Turkey has been fired after it was revealed that she had been illegally removing parts of an ancient Greek church.

Archaeologists in Pompeii have uncovered a series of nearly life-size frescoes spanning three walls of an ancient banquet hall. Set against a ruby-red backdrop, the wall paintings depict female ...

offering clues about rituals connected to the Greek god of wine in the ancient city that was destroyed 2,000 years ago. Archeologists dug up frescoes spanning three walls inside a ruined banquet ...

ROME - Archaeologists in Pompeii have uncovered rare, nearly life-sized frescoes that offer fresh ... for followers of Dionysus - the ancient Greek god of wine, fertility, theatre and religious ...