Set against a ruby-red backdrop, the wall paintings depict female followers of Dionysus—the Greek god of wine and ecstasy—engaged in secretive cult rituals. Also known as maenads or bacchantes ...

the god of wine, painted on three sides of a large banquet room. Known as a "megalography" from the Greek for "large painting," the frieze depicts a procession, with Dionysus joined by the ...

A rare set of nearly life-sized paintings were dug up in ... Part of the mural depicts female followers of Dionysus — who is also the ancient Greek god of fertility, theater and religious ...

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

It was unveiled at Pompeii recently and depicts the life of Dionysus, the Greek god of wine, theatre, and celebrations. Archaeologists found it in the Reggio IX area of the ancient Roman city.

the god of wine, painted on three sides of a large banquet room. Known as a "megalography" from the Greek for "large painting", the frieze depicts a procession, with Dionysus joined by the ...

At the centre of the image is a woman holding a torch who is about to be initiated into the cult of Dionysus. The Greek god was thought ... some of the last works of art to be made in Pompeii.

Some were incensed over a vignette that appeared to resemble a drag-infused interpretation of Leonardo da Vinci’s “The Last ...

A downright bacchanalian frieze has just been unearthed in Pompeii, one so large it spans three walls of a massive banquet room. Known as a “megalography,” a Greek term for grand painting, the ...