Though only fragments of the panel portraying Dionysus and Ariadne have survived, its reconstruction was possible through ...

The pieces are finally coming together. Archaeologists have come closer to restoring a stunning Pompeii ceiling fresco buried beneath ash for millennia, revealing an iconic scene from Greek mythology, ...

Archaeologists determined that the main theme of the work was of Dionysus and Ariadne, whose union is one of the best-known Greek myths. View on euronews ...

The Dionysian fresco, dubbed the "house of Thiasos" by archaeologists, was unearthed from a banquet hall amid excavations to Insula 10 Regio IX in Pompeii. (all images courtesy Parco Archeologico di ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Restorers in Pompeii meticulously assembling thousands of fragile plaster fragments to rebuild a 2,000-year-old vaulted ceiling.

This weekend marked the reopening of Pompeii’s Villa of Mysteries after two years and €900,000 ($973,600) worth of careful restorations to the building’s ancient frescoes and mosaics. The villa is one ...

Archaeologists in Pompeii discovered a large fresco depicting Dionysiac rituals in an ancient banquet hall. The frieze, dating back to 40s-30s BC, shows a Dionysian procession with bacchantes, satyrs, ...

The queen of archaeology dons her evening gown to welcome not only tourists from all over the world under the moonlight, but ...