Unused paints are generally rare finds for archaeologists — but not at Pompeii. Take a look at “almost the entire palette of ...

Created more than a century before the eruption of Mount Vesuvius in 79 C.E., the wall paintings provide rare insights into secret rituals conducted in the Roman city ...

The walls also sport dipinti ... Discovering preserved paint in ancient Egyptian temples is rare, but finding gold leaf is even less common. The Egyptians began covering columns, gates and ...

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 ...

Archaeologists in Pompeii, Italy, analyzed a variety of paint pigments, offering glimpse the art of ancient Romans ... murals and brightly decorated walls — artworks so distinctive and well ...