More than 100 years after the discovery of the large fresco in the Villa of the Mysteries, a new one has been discovered in the ancient Roman city of Pompeii ... slain goat or sword, and young ...

The giant frieze illustrates the female followers of Dionysus as both dancers and fierce hunters, carrying a slaughtered goat on their shoulders or holding a sword and the entrails of an animal in ...

Unlike that half-brilliant, half-idiotic Zack Snyder picture, Pompeii isn’t trying to deconstruct its own genre. It’s more akin to the heightened sword-and-sandal style of Snyder’s most ...

Another new discovery in the ruins of Pompeii has shed light on the wilder ... In one image, a hunter swings a sword from ...

A rare set of nearly life-sized paintings were dug up in Pompeii over the last few weeks ... hunters with a goat on their shoulders or with a sword and the guts of an animal in their hands ...

By Sara Novak One day in the year 79, Pompeii came under fire. The explosion of nearby Mount Vesuvius sent a mushroom cloud of ash and rock into the atmosphere, pummeling the ancient Roman trading ...

One is depicted carrying a slaughtered goat on her shoulders, another holding a sword and the innards of an animal. Gabriel Zuchtriegel, director of the Pompeii archaeological site, said ...

In a house in the ruins of Pompeii, archeologists have discovered evidence that a family of four attempted to barricade a door with a bed during Vesuvius's terrible eruption.

Authorities at Pompeii in southern Italy are introducing a daily limit of 20,000 visitors as part of efforts to protect the ancient site. The measure, which will come into force from November 15 ...

Rare Frescoes Unearthed in Pompeii Shed Light on Ancient Rituals ... carrying a slaughtered goat on their shoulders or holding a sword and the entrails of an animal in their hands.