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Archaeologists In Pompeii Just Uncovered A Banquet Hall Covered In Stunning Red Frescoes That Depict Religious RitualsThe Pompeii Archaeological Park has just announced the discovery of a frescoed banquet hall inside the so-called House of ...
The extraordinary images that emerged from ash show Dionysian followers dancing and hunting, which are akin to frescoes of the nearby Villa of the Mysteries that were found 100 years ago.
Stunning in their scale, colour and detail, frescoes can give us a fascinating glimpse of ancient civilisations. Every now and then, a new fresco is discovered which sheds further light onto how ...
The frescoes are examples of the painting tradition of trompe-l'oeil, an optical illusion that tricks us into thinking we're gazing out onto 3D pastoral scenes through broken stone walls.
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