In the shadow of Mount Vesuvius lies Pompeii, an ancient city that has captured ... have unearthed several frescoes — a type of mural painting — that rank among the most important ever found ...

A rare set of nearly life-sized paintings were dug up in Pompeii over the last few weeks, offering clues about rituals connected to the Greek god of wine in the ancient city that was destroyed ...

Jesus descends and breaks down the doors of hell, unbinds the prisoners and leads the just to heaven. In ancient paintings from the Eastern Orthodox Church, and in similar icons still used in ...

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 ...

She explores the topics of ritual, heaven and hell, creating a new ... traditional Balinese Kamasan paintings. Like shadow puppetry, Kamasan painting used the ancient epics and mythological ...

The Jigoku-zoshi (“Handscrolls of Buddhist Hell”) is a Japanese ... Her interests range from ancient Hindu manuscripts to Nepalese painting traditions. The first thing visitors will learn ...

Tombs dating back to the ancient Roman era have been opened to ... For nearly 100 years, the tombs were closed to the public to protect the paintings depicting vines, Roman deities, and ...