It's one of the most thrilling sequences in Ridley Scott's new film Gladiator II, the long-awaited sequel to the 2000 ...

Age-old paintings of satyrs bedding nymphs and mythological figures fornicating have been newly unearthed at a small house at Pompeii. In its announcement of the house’s excavation this week, the ...

Archaeologists in Italy have stumbled upon some intricate artwork inside a small Pompeii house that reportedly ... This includes a well-preserved fresco toward the back of the house, illustrating ...

Fresco depicting the Sacrifice of Iphigenia, from the House of the Tragic Poet in Pompeii, Naples. (photo credit: Carole Raddato licensed under CC BY-SA 2.0.) Archaeologists have unveiled a small ...

Aside from the frescoes, the House of Phaedra was also found to contain an altar decorated with a painted flying bird of prey towering above two snakes. According to Pompeii’s archaeologists ...

Archaeologists have discovered a tiny house in Pompeii filled with elaborate and erotic frescoes. It reveals the classic way in which the Romans decorated their houses. The house, situated in the ...

The home was buried beneath the ash and debris that wiped out Pompeii when Mount Vesuvius erupted in 79 A.D. but elaborate frescoes painted onto its interior walls have remained largely intact.

The home was buried beneath the ash and debris that wiped out Pompeii when Mount Vesuvius erupted in 79 A.D. but elaborate frescoes painted onto its interior walls have remained largely intact. The ...

Archaeologists in the ancient Roman city of Pompeii have uncovered a richly decorated but uncommonly small house with finely preserved frescoes of mythological scenes, the site said on Thursday.

(CNN) — Archaeologists have uncovered a tiny house in Pompeii that is filled with elaborate – and sometimes erotic – frescoes, further revealing the ornate way in which Romans decorated ...