Life-sized statues of a man and a woman were discovered in a tomb in Pompeii, researchers said, thousands of years after a ...
A nearly life-size fresco just discovered in Pompeii depicts the initiation rituals of the mystery cult of Dionysus, the god of wine and ecstasy. The fresco was over 100 years old when the ...
Image 1 of 5 The frieze portrays the procession of Dionysus, the god of wine. (Archaeological Park of Pompeii) The center of the frieze shows a woman with an old Silenus who holds a torch ...
Over the past twenty years, the ground in this area has risen by 55 inches. The newly discovered Frieze of the House of the ...
burying Pompeii in pumice and killing more than 2,000 inhabitants. The newest discovery, in Region IX in the central part of the city, depicts the procession of Dionysus, the ancient Greek god of ...
In a city buried under feet of ash and debris from the eruption of Mount Vesuvius in A.D. 79, archaeologists have announced ...
The Pompeii Archaeological Park has just announced ... lively scenes of Roman revelry linked to the secretive rituals of Dionysus, the god of wine and festivity. Dating back to 40 B.C.E., these ...
ROME (Reuters) - Archaeologists in Pompeii have uncovered rare ... presenting vivid imagery of the initiation rites for followers of Dionysus - the ancient Greek god of wine, fertility, theatre ...