An extremely rare cycle of paintings depicting a raucous ritual involving the god of wine has been unearthed in Pompeii, the ...

In the shadow of Mt Vesuvius, Pompeii's buried wonders are still emerging. A newly found fresco offers a tantalising glimpse into the vibrant life of the past.

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 ...

Archaeologists in Pompeii have uncovered a remarkable life-size fresco depicting a mysterious cult linked to Dionysus, the ancient Greek and Roman god of wine, fertility, and ritual ecstasy. The ...

"In 100 years' time, today will be remembered as historic because the discovery we are presenting is historic." Archaeologists excavating at the doomed Roman city of Pompeii, which was destroyed by ...

To persuade the gods to favor the requests, a worshipper might make offerings of food or wine, or would carry ... Vesta was the native Roman goddess of the fireplace and the six virgins tended ...

They need all the luck they can get so they make an offering to the Roman goddess of luck, Fortuna. The soldier pours away precious wine that’s come all the way from his homeland, Gaul - what we ...

Roman religion was split in two ... war), Mercury (god of trade and messenger of the gods) and Bacchus (god of grapes and wine production). Romans also believed that many of their gods had ...

Archaeologists have uncovered ancient paintings in Villa Cuomo, Italy, depicting Roman wine harvesting linked to Dionysus ...

The white wine, poured into a funerary urn some 2,000 ... bone remains,” a “gold ring” depicting Janus, the Roman god of transitions and endings, and a surprising amount of “reddish ...