"The discovery we are showing is historic," Italian Minister of Culture Alessandro Giuli said in the statement. The fresco "is an exceptional historical document and, together with the fresco of ...

A stunning fresco discovered in Pompeii depicts a sensual scene of the Roman god Jupiter and Leda, the Greek mythical queen ...

There has been a surveillance of the Italian authority over this fresco. We are not allowed in Italy to paint back anything that is not present. The whole restoration took a long time. It took 18 ...

A nearly life-size fresco just discovered in Pompeii depicts the initiation rituals of the mystery cult of Dionysus, the god of wine and ecstasy. The fresco was over 100 years old when the ...

While frescoes did not reach their height of popularity until the High Italian Renaissance in the fifteenth and sixteenth centuries, the art was practiced long before. The first frescoes were ...

Now, archeologists have uncovered a sensational fresco in Pompeii depicting a mysterious ... the scene was already about 120 years old. Italy's Minister of Culture Alessandro Giuli called the ...

POMPEII, Italy - Archaeologists in Pompeii have discovered a new fresco, a type of mural painting, giving them more insight into the Dionysiac rituals in the ancient world. Dig deeper ...

In a city buried under feet of ash and debris from the eruption of Mount Vesuvius in A.D. 79, archaeologists have announced ...

Traditionally, checking for damage was a manual job, but a combination of diagnostic technologies used in the restoration of the Brancacci Chapel offers much greater precision ...

Have you ever wondered what it’s like to have breakfast in bed al fresco? Well, one hotel in Italy is offering just that. Chalet Al Foss Alp Resort is located in Vermiglio, in the north of Italy, ...

Archaeologists at Pompeii have discovered an enormous, extremely rare wall painting depicting an ancient mystery cult, at the center of which is a woman being initiated under the cover of night. The ...