Experts say the frescoes on the walls of an ancient banquet hall in Pompeii are among the finest ever found in the city destroyed by a volcano almost 2,000 years ago.

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 ...

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

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 ...

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

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 ...

But for archaeologists and present-day visitors, the real thrill of Pompeii is that the most mundane aspects of ancient Roman life have ... with walls adorned with frescoes depicting scenes ...

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

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 ...

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 ...

This research, the result of collaboration between the Parco Archeologico di Pompei and various Italian universities, represents a significant advancement in understanding the painting techniques used ...