In the shadow of Mt Vesuvius, Pompeii's buried wonders are still emerging. A newly found fresco offers a tantalising glimpse into the vibrant life of the past.

carrying swords and animal innards and wearing slaughtered goats on their shoulders. The vast scene, spanning three sides of a room at Pompeii's House of Thiasus, has been dated to the 40s-30s BC.

Another new discovery in the ruins of Pompeii has shed light on the wilder side of the ancient Romans. An extremely rare ...

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

Archaeologists in Pompeii have uncovered a nearly life-size fresco, or megalography, depicting the Dionysiac procession in an ...

But this time I come as Dionysus the victorious, who will make the earth a day of celebration (Friedrich Nietzsche).

An almost life-size frieze, or a 'megalography', has emerged which runs around three sides of the room. The cycle of ...