Archaeologists have discovered pristine fresco in ... preserved because the villa in which they were found has been covered over for nearly 2 millennia. Up to a third of Pompeii is still unexcavated.

The fresco is in a room found to be littered with artwork and designs Archaeologists in Pompeii have announced their latest find on Valentine's Day - a fresco of Narcissus, who loved only himself.

A lavish painting of a mythological scene was among several newly discovered frescoes revealed Friday by archaeologists excavating the ancient Roman city of Pompeii ... found in a villa thought ...

Ash and volcanic rock called pumice then covered Pompeii and its residents ... classified as a male. The Villa of the Mysteries gets its name from a series of frescoes, dating back to the first ...

Drawing on multiple studies demonstrating that it is possible to retrieve DNA from both human and animal remains in Pompeii, they managed to extract genetic information from some of those plaster ...