An extremely rare cycle of paintings depicting a raucous ritual involving the god of wine has been unearthed in Pompeii, the ancient Roman city buried by volcanic ash and lava in A.D. 79 ...

Created more than a century before the eruption of Mount Vesuvius in 79 C.E., the wall paintings provide rare insights into secret rituals conducted in the Roman city Eli Wizevich History ...

Two dozen works from museums and private collectors around the world are on display, with some reunited for the first time in centuries. By Elisabetta Povoledo Reporting from Rome Some 430 years ...