Life-sized murals discovered on walls of Pompeii home buried by volcanic eruption nearly 2,000 years ago
In a city buried under feet of ash and debris from the eruption of Mount Vesuvius in A.D. 79, archaeologists have announced ...
Submerged ancient settlements and the paints of Pompeii: See the latest discoveries
From ancient Roman structures under homes to Viking jewelry in a wetland, here are some of the latest archaeological discoveries.
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What did ancient Roman artists use to paint Pompeii? New study offers a glimpse
Archaeologists in Pompeii, Italy, analyzed a variety of paint pigments ... stopped artists in the middle of their work, and its volcanic ash preserved the materials they left behind.
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Submerged ancient settlements and the paints of Pompeii: See the latest discoveries
An Iron Age settlement at the bottom of an Italy lake revealed more secrets. Superintendence of Archaeology, Fine Arts and Landscape for the province of Viterbo and Southern Etruria The summaries ...