An extremely rare cycle of paintings depicting a raucous ritual involving the god of wine has been unearthed in Pompeii, the ancient Roman city buried by volcanic ash and lava in A.D. 79 ...

A downright bacchanalian frieze has just been unearthed in Pompeii, one so large it spans three walls of a massive banquet room. Known as a “megalography,” a Greek term for grand painting ...

Two thousand years on, scholars still don’t agree on the day the destruction of Pompeii began. Two new studies only fan the fire. “The Last Day of Pompeii,” a 19th-century painting by the ...

Many of the paintings within the hall depict heroes ... frescoed living rooms which were being renovated at the time of Pompeii’s destruction.

In the wake of the midsized earthquakes that struck Pompeii in 62 C.E., the city’s affluent residents got to work redecorating. Much like today, they outsourced the task to others: painting ...

An extremely rare cycle of paintings depicting a raucous ritual involving the god of wine has been unearthed in the ancient Roman city of Pompeii, the archaeological site said Wednesday.

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

It also provides a new window into history; the "insight into the destruction of Pompeii gets us very close to the experience of the people who lived here 2,000 years ago," said Dr. Gabriel ...

According to UNESCO, which lists it as a World Heritage site, Pompeii is “the only archaeological site in the world that provides a complete picture of an ancient Roman city.” The paintings ...

The remarkable discovery, located in insula 10, offers a rare glimpse into how wealthy Romans fused leisure, art, and political ambition within their homes. Pompeii was an ancient Roman city near ...

Hundreds of artifacts found amid the destruction after the cataclysmic eruption of Mount Vesuvius in A.D. 79 are housed at the museum about 16 miles from the archaeological site of Pompeii.