Newly discovered Pompeii frieze shows wild Bacchanalian rituals
An extremely rare frieze known as a “megalography,” or ... of great fascination to the wider populace. In 186 BC, the Roman ...
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Very rare paintings depicting the god of wine unearthed in Pompeii 2,000 years after city was buried by ash and lava
the ancient Roman city buried by volcanic ash and lava in A.D. 79, officials said Wednesday. The world-famous site said it had excavated in recent weeks a nearly life-size frieze depicting the ...
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A War Diary Soars Over Rome
It’s also told in 155 scenes carved in a spiral frieze on a monumental column. In back-to-back wars fought between A.D. 101 and 106, the emperor Trajan mustered tens of thousands of Roman troops ...
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'Extremely rare' cycle of paintings unearthed in Pompeii
An extremely rare cycle of paintings depicting a raucous ritual involving the god of wine has been unearthed in the ancient Roman city of ... weeks a nearly life-size frieze depicting the ...
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New frescoes discovered at Pompeii shed light on Bacchanalian mysteries
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, in Italy. An almost life-size frieze ...
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Newly discovered Pompeii frieze shows wild Bacchanalian rituals
An extremely rare frieze known as a “megalography,” or painting with life-sized figures, has been unearthed in an area where ongoing excavations have produced some of the ancient site’s most ...