Absent of depictions in art or descriptions in literature, Roman dodecahedrons remain enigmas ... deeper layers could reveal more rooms and even frescoes — potentially also precious findings.” ...

However, the frescoes at Villa Cuomo remain as a testament to a time when Bacchus was one of the most revered gods in the Roman pantheon. Archaeological work at Villa Cuomo continues to provide ...

While frescoes did not reach their height of popularity until the High Italian Renaissance in the fifteenth and sixteenth centuries, the art was practiced long before. The first frescoes were ...

The museum’s experts dated it to around A.D. 60, making this one of the earliest Roman frescoes yet found in London. At nearly ten feet long and more than six feet high, it’s also one of the ...