Despite its unusually small size, the newly unearthed House of Phaedra is covered in elaborate frescos depicting mythological ...

AN ancient Pompeii home filled with saucy paintings and unseen art has been uncovered 2,000 years after it was buried under volcanic ash. This unusually small and extravagantly decorated home, ...

A recently excavated house contains at least four paintings including an artistic depiction of copulation between a satyr and ...

Archaeologists discovered rare paintings, showing Helen of Troy and other Greek figures, in the lost Roman city of Pompeii ... A standout work of art captured amongst the frescoes was the Helen ...

Archaeologists in Pompeii uncovered an ancient tiny home filled with elaborate artwork that has remained largely intact for ...

Buried and unseen for nearly 2,000 years, a series of striking paintings showing Helen of Troy and other Greek heroes has been uncovered in the ruined Roman town of Pompeii. Discovered inside what ...

Renaissance paintings, medieval archives, cloistered orchards—how one Italian scientist is uncovering secrets that could help ...

Stunning artworks have been uncovered in a new excavation at Pompeii, the Roman city buried in an eruption ... "In the shimmering light, the paintings would have almost come to life," he said.

The Met’s new exhibition on Siena—the first of its kind in America—shows how the possibilities of strange, colorful ooze ...

The contemporary meets the classical in the pairing of a Jean-Michel Basquiat painting with an ancient Roman statue at ...

The Art Newspaper 'There has been a need for a reliable ... students, or general readers.' Journal of Roman Studies ' … prints no less than 318 pictures of mosaics that make fascinating viewing and ...

Archaeologists have uncovered a well-preserved house in ancient Pompeii, featuring frescoes depicting scenes from Greek and ...