The frieze is a "megalography" featuring life-sized figures. - Silvia Vacca/Pompeii Sites Another new discovery in the ruins of Pompeii has shed light on the wilder side of the ancient Romans.

The frieze is a "megalography" featuring life-sized figures. - Silvia Vacca/Pompeii Sites Another new discovery in the ruins of Pompeii has shed light on the wilder side of the ancient Romans.

Archaeologists in Pompeii discovered a large fresco depicting Dionysiac rituals in an ancient banquet hall. The frieze, dating back to 40s-30s BC, shows a Dionysian procession with bacchantes ...

Uncovered in what was once a spacious banqueting hall that opened onto a garden, the frieze dates back to the 1st century BC, meaning it was nearly 100 years old when Mount Vesuvius erupted in 79 ...

Rome (CNN) — Another new discovery in the ruins of Pompeii has shed light on the wilder side of the ancient Romans. An extremely rare frieze known as a “megalography,” or painting with life ...

An extremely rare frieze known as a “megalography,” or painting with life-sized figures, has been unearthed in an area where ongoing excavations have produced some of the ancient site’s most ...