A woman’s face emerges from the many exposed layers of plaster. The cheeks have lost their glow. The crack that cuts through the fine contours and has claimed one eye is only scarcely closed with ...

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

Experts Unearth Rare Life-Size Frescoes in Pompeii, Depict Fierce Women Who Were Part of ‘Mysteries of Dionysus' The ...

A museum director in Turkey has been fired after it was revealed that she had been illegally removing parts of an ancient Greek church.

Thursday, March 6, the Muscarelle Museum of Art unveiled its new exhibition, “Michelangelo: The Genesis of the Sistine,” to the public. The exhibition celebrates Michelangelo’s famous paintings on the ...

A downright bacchanalian frieze has just been unearthed in Pompeii, one so large it spans three walls of a massive banquet room. Known as a “megalography,” a Greek term for grand painting, the ...

Archaeologists have uncovered ancient paintings in Villa Cuomo, Italy, depicting Roman wine harvesting linked to Dionysus ...

Dating to between 40 and 30 BC, according to the scientists, the frescoes feature followers of Bacchus, known as bacchantes, depicted as dancers, hunters carrying a slain goat or sword ...

The wonder of Crete is set to be explored from a unique angle in an upcoming lecture, focusing on the beauty of the 14th ...

ROME (Reuters) - Archaeologists in Pompeii have uncovered rare, nearly life-sized frescoes that offer fresh insight into religious practices in the ancient city before it was destroyed by Mount ...

The discovery features a large-scale frieze that spans three walls of a banquet hall, presenting vivid imagery of the initiation rites for followers of Dionysus - the ancient Greek god of wine ...