Over 2,000 fragments, originally discarded during Roman demolition around AD 200, were painstakingly reassembled by experts ...

Thousands of newly discovered fragments, which once adorned a high-status Roman building, offer an unprecedented glimpse into ...

Archaeologists found thousands of pieces of an ancient Roman painting, which features intricate designs and ancient graffiti.

Archaeologists reconstructed Roman frescoes from thousands of fragments found in London, revealing rare artwork and the elite ...

It is believed the frescoes once decorated at least 20 internal walls of a high-status Roman building between AD 40 and 150.

Historical sources (including the Roman gourmand Apicius and the philosopher Plutarch) describe thrushes as delicacies ...

A Roman sarcophagus depicting a drinking contest between Hercules and Dionysus was unearthed in Israel’s Caesarea, revealing ...

From the tombs of pharaohs to Roman frescoes, Egyptian blue adorned everything from sacred artifacts to everyday pottery.

The painting showed Alexander kneeling in front of the Child Jesus and the Virgin Mary, whose face, according to documentary evidence from several contemporary sources, was that of one of his ...

These frescoes, made by painting over thick, wet layers of mortar ... "The House of the Vettii represents the story of the Roman world encapsulated in a single house, the 'house/museum' of the 'Roman ...

One of the frescoes in the House of Phaedra captures a sensual scene between a satyr and a nymph—a frequent motif symbolising the wild, uninhibited forces of nature in Greek and Roman mythology.

These frescoes serve as an invaluable visual record of these traditions, capturing a world where agriculture, art, and spirituality were deeply intertwined. Finding such vivid depictions in a working ...