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

The fresco—found covering three walls of a banquet room in a residence dubbed “Casa del Thiasus,” according to a statement from the Pompeii Sites organization—was roughly 100 years old ...

The building where the Dionysian Mysteries frescoes were found has been named ' Casa del Tiaso' by the Pompeii Archaeological Park. The frescoes were painted on three walls surrounding a large ...

A rare set of nearly life-sized paintings were dug up in Pompeii over the ... which are akin to frescoes of the nearby Villa of the Mysteries that were found 100 years ago.

Archaeologists in Pompeii ... a new fresco, a type of mural painting, giving them more insight into the Dionysiac rituals in the ancient world. Dig deeper: Archaeologists found an almost life ...

An enormous fresco spanning three walls of a recently excavated banquet hall in central Pompeii sheds light on ... a century after a similar fresco was found in the ancient city’s Villa of ...