A nearly life-size fresco just discovered in Pompeii depicts the initiation rituals of the mystery cult of Dionysus, the god of wine and ecstasy. The fresco was over 100 years old when the eruption of ...

The world-famous site said it had excavated in recent weeks a nearly life-size frieze depicting the procession of Dionysus, the god of wine, painted on three sides of a large banquet room.

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 ...

The world-famous site said it had excavated in recent weeks a nearly life-size frieze depicting the procession of Dionysus, the god of wine, painted on three sides of a large banquet room.

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

Found at the newly-excavated House of Thiasus, the wall art depicts female followers of Dionysus, the ancient Greek god of wine-making, insanity and ritual madness. Wearing long, flowing animal ...

The kylix drinking cup in ancient Greek symposiums revealed who was an aristocrat and who didn’t belong to the elite circle.

An extremely rare cycle of paintings depicting a raucous ritual involving the god of wine has been unearthed in the ancient Roman city of Pompeii, the archaeological site said Wednesday.

Archaeologists in Pompeii have uncovered rare, nearly life-sized frescoes that offer fresh insight into religious practices in the ancient city before it was destroyed by Mount Vesuvius in AD 79, the ...

Part of the mural depicts female followers of Dionysus — who is also the ancient Greek god of fertility ... the double flute as another puts on a wine sacrifice. At the center, there is a ...

A nearly life-size fresco just discovered in Pompeii depicts the initiation rituals of the mystery cult of Dionysus, the god of wine and ecstasy. The fresco was over 100 years old when the ...