In a city buried under feet of ash and debris from the eruption of Mount Vesuvius in A.D. 79, archaeologists have announced ...

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A recent study published in the Oxford Journal of Archaeology has revealed a little-explored aspect of ancient art: the use of perfumes and aromatic ... Putti making perfumes in a Roman fresco from ...

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Fausto Puglisi took the color palette of Pompeii as his theme, with models dressed in dark red devore velvet and gold crunching their way over a path resembling black volcanic sand.

New frescoes discovered at Pompeii shed light on Bacchanalian mysteries Life-sized Pompeii paintings give new insight into religious practices in the ancient city ...

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In 2017, for three straight months, New Brunswick artist Deanna Musgrave woke up in the middle of the night to paint the ceiling and doorway of the Saint Patrick Street pedway in Saint John.

The Cleveland Museum of Art will return a headless Greco-Roman bronze statue that was pillaged from the ancient city of Bubon in south-central Turkey. The larger-than-life statue of a draped male ...

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