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Pompeii, a name synonymous with a moment frozen in time, continues to yield incredible secrets, two thousand years after ...
These remarkable ancient Pompeian frescoes, which depict Paris and Helen, Cassandra and Apollo, and Leda and the Swan, reveal many key insights into Roman art, interpretation of mythology, and the ...
The National Archaeological Museum of Naples inaugurates the new exhibition 'Domus. The Furnishings of Pompeii' in the rooms ...
Painted in pale blue, a rare color for Pompeian frescoes that was typically reserved for expensive decoration, the approximately 86-square-foot room is estimated to date back approximately 2,000 ...
A trap door in the Pompeian Room of the 16th-century Villa Farnesina in Rome revealed previously unknown frescoes by the painter Carlo Maratta and two students.
Archaeologists have uncovered a tiny house in Pompeii that is filled with elaborate – and sometimes erotic – frescoes, further revealing the ornate way in which Romans decorated their homes.
This change could have occurred due to shifting trends in Roman – and particularly Pompeian ... Erotic and elaborate frescoes like this have been uncovered in Pompeii before.
By the 1930s, the Pompeian Room housed the seat of the academy president, Guglielmo Marconi, the inventor of radio. The fascists turned the hall into his executive bathroom. And Maratta’s ...
Archaeologists have uncovered a tiny house in Pompeii that is filled with elaborate – and sometimes erotic – frescoes, further revealing the ornate way in which Romans decorated their homes.
Archaeologists have uncovered a tiny house in Pompeii that is filled with elaborate – and sometimes erotic – frescoes, further revealing the ornate way in which Romans decorated their homes.