While frescoes did not reach their height of popularity until the High Italian Renaissance in the fifteenth and sixteenth centuries, the art was practiced long before. The first frescoes were ...

But the fresco has given experts a new clue to what went on in the rites: Roman initiates may have hunted like the Greek ones before them. The murals suggest these mystery rites echoed that ...

Archaeologists in Pompeii have uncovered a remarkable life-size fresco depicting a mysterious cult linked to Dionysus, the ...

In the shadow of Mt Vesuvius, Pompeii's buried wonders are still emerging. A newly found fresco offers a tantalising glimpse into the vibrant life of the past.

The announcement was made at the Pontifical Roman Academy of Archaeology, marking one of the most important finds by the Superintendency for Southern Etruria, according to Il Messaggero.

More than 100 years after the discovery of the large fresco in the Villa of the Mysteries, a new one has been discovered in the ancient Roman city of Pompeii, in Italy. An almost life-size frieze ...