The graveyard of Liternum, near Naples, was in use between the first century B.C.E. and the third century C.E.

Experts say the frescoes on the walls of an ancient banquet hall in Pompeii are among the finest ever found in the city ...

The discovery wasn’t the only set of impressive frescoes discovered in Pompeii ... and an amateur excavator digging up a confounding ancient Roman object. The experts made plenty of headlines ...

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 ...

Stunning in their scale, colour and detail, frescoes can give us a fascinating glimpse of ancient civilisations. Every now and then, a new fresco is discovered which sheds further light onto how ...

In 1933, the Ebell of Los Angeles commissioned frescoes by renowned muralist Maxine Albro. Two years later — after ...

Dolphins in ancient Greece were revered as messengers of the gods and held a divine dimension that has survived through the ...

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

ROME (Reuters) - Archaeologists in Pompeii have uncovered rare, nearly life-sized frescoes that offer fresh insight into religious practices in the ancient city before it was destroyed by Mount ...

Titled "Pompeian Pigments: A Glimpse into Ancient Roman Coloring Materials" the study ... study also for the restoration of Pompeian frescoes, which are very fragile and require in-depth knowledge ...

ROME — Archaeologists in Pompeii have uncovered rare, nearly life-sized frescoes that offer fresh insight into religious practices in the ancient city before it was destroyed by Mount Vesuvius in AD ...