The vast scene, spanning three sides of a room at Pompeii's House of Thiasus, has been dated to the 40s-30s BC. So at the time of the eruption of Mount Vesuvius in AD 79 which buried Pompeii ...

This month, the city revealed one more hidden secret ... and a plunge room, this discovery is one of the largest private bathhouses found at Pompeii. After a nearly two-year excavation ...

NBC News’ Molly Hunter got a look at the new discoveries being unearthed in Pompeii, the former Roman city that was buried ...

Dionysus, the god of fertility, wine and intoxication in Greek mythology, was discovered in the ancient city of Pompeii near Naples, Italy. POMPEII, DISCOVERY OF A ROOM WITH FRESCOES DEPICTING THE ...

Another new discovery in the ruins of Pompeii has shed light on the wilder ... in the mirror and ‘dolls herself up.’” The room has been named the House of Thiasus, a reference to the Greek ...

For over two centuries, archaeologists have hailed Pompeii as a sophisticated city at the heart of an advanced ancient civilization. But a series of new excavations is painting a much more complex ...

After lying hidden beneath metres of volcanic rock and ash for 2,000 years, a "once-in-a-century" find has been unearthed in the ancient Roman city of Pompeii in Italy. Archaeologists have ...

A downright bacchanalian frieze has just been unearthed in Pompeii, one so large it spans three walls of a massive banquet room. Known as a “megalography,” a Greek term for grand painting ...

A long lost Renaissance Masterpiece by Mantegna has been rediscovered in Pompeii and will go on display at the Vatican ...

For instance, in one room of 13 people, at least six were found to be closely biologically related. Other, larger groups suggest that families often lived in extended and multi-generational networks.

Frieze depicts followers of ancient Greek god Dionysus Fresco dates to 40–30 BC Latest dig began in early 2023 ROME, Feb 26 (Reuters) - Archaeologists in Pompeii have uncovered rare, nearly life ...