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

A new 50-room villa complete with stunning frescoes presenting the cult of Dionysus was found in Pompeii in what is regarded ...

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

A 'new' Villa of the Mysteries has emerged from the excavations at the Pompeii archaeological site, officials said on Wednesday. The newly found residence has a large banquet hall frescoed with a ...

A 'new' Villa of the Mysteries which has emerged from the excavations at the Pompeii archaeological site provides an insight ...

The extraordinary images that emerged from ash show Dionysian followers dancing and hunting, which are akin to frescoes of the nearby Villa of the Mysteries that were found 100 years ago.

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

The House of Thiasus got its name from the “thiasos,” or sacred procession, of Dionysus. The fresco matches the Second Style ...

Roman city of Pompeii in ash and 100 years after the discovery of the Villa of Mysteries, a new fresco has risen from the ...

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

More than a century after the discovery of the famous Villa of the Mysteries, a new large-scale pictorial work has emerged ...

A 'new' Villa of the Mysteries emerges from the excavations of Pompeii where a large banquet hall has come to light, frescoed ...