A large fresco depicting scenes from the life of Dionysus, the ancient Greek god of wine, revelry, and theater, was unveiled ...

Uncovered in what was once a spacious banqueting hall that opened onto a garden, the frieze dates back to the 1st century BC, ...

Archaeologists in Pompeii have unearthed a rare depiction of initiation rites into a secret female cult that centred on ...

Created more than a century before the eruption of Mount Vesuvius in 79 C.E., the wall paintings provide rare insights into ...

The narrative draws from the ancient Greek play The Bacchae, written by Euripides in 405 BCE, wherein Dionysus descends on ...

Archaeologists exploring what Pompeii was like before it was famously destroyed by Mount Vesuvius have made a huge discovery ...

A downright bacchanalian frieze has just been unearthed in Pompeii, one so large it spans three walls of a massive banquet ...

An extremely rare cycle of paintings depicting a raucous ritual involving the god of wine has been unearthed in Pompeii, the ancient Roman city buried by volcanic ash and lava in A.D. 70, officials ...

A century before the ancient city’s destruction, artists adorned the walls of a Pompeii banquet hall with a procession of ...

EXCEPTIONAL” frescos of the Greek god of wine that reveal mystery cult rituals have been unearthed from ancient volcanic ash ...

An extremely rare cycle of paintings depicting a raucous ritual involving the god of wine has been unearthed in the ancient ...

Archaeologists in Pompeii have uncovered rare, nearly life-sized frescoes that offer fresh insight into religious practices ...