Roberto Cavalli ignites Milan runway with fiery creations inspired by ancient Pompeii
Fausto Puglisi offered a grand tour of Pompeii in his latest collection for Roberto Cavalli presented Thursday during Milan ...
Never-before-seen series of ancient paintings dug up in Pompeii provide clues on rituals tied to Greek god
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.
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See the Stunning Frescoes of a Mysterious Dionysian Cult Discovered in Ancient Pompeii
Created more than a century before the eruption of Mount Vesuvius in 79 C.E., the wall paintings provide rare insights into ...
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Archaeologists In Pompeii Just Uncovered A Banquet Hall Covered In Stunning Red Frescoes That Depict Religious Rituals
The Pompeii Archaeological Park has just announced the discovery of a frescoed banquet hall inside the so-called House of ...
Very rare paintings depicting the god of wine unearthed in Pompeii 2,000 years after city was buried by ash and lava
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 ...
New frescoes discovered at Pompeii shed light on Bacchanalian mysteries
A view of the ancient Roman Pompeii archeological site, Thursday, Dec. 7, 2023. Scientists have claimed to have evidence that ...
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Pompeii's ancient art of textile dyeing is revived to show another side of life before eruption
With the Pompeiian color palette, Cutuli is dyeing scarves with motifs taken from the House of Vetti frescoes, which include the cupids. The rich home, like the rest of Pompeii, was buried under ash.
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Necropolis in Naples Reveals the Enduring Influence of Ancient Greece
including the only known representational fresco to survive from the time of Ancient Greece, showing the deceased as a young man diving into the sea. Of course, the area is also not far from the sites ...
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Campania and Calabria complete Italy's food scene where olive oil reigns supreme
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Pompeii awakens in Canberra
Image credits: Martin Ollman/ National Museum of Australia “We also have this room called the Fresco Room,” Withycombe says. “It shows you a sequence of frescos over 15 minutes. They come from some of ...
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Pompeii's dark omen: Ancient footprints show people had to escape an eruption of Mount Vesuvius 1,800 years BEFORE the one that buried the famous Roman city
They preserved in volcanic ash near the Casarzano stream, which is near the city of Nocera Inferiore, about 8 miles (13 km) east of Pompeii, Live Science reports. Shapes and sizes indicate they ...
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A Five-Pound Hunk of the World’s Oldest Known Synthesized Pigment Was Found in Nero’s Palace
Basins where the pigments were hydrated and mixed with water Simona Murrone / Colosseum Archaeological Park The great size of this sample suggests widespread usage in the palace’s frescoes ...