Though only fragments of the panel portraying Dionysus and Ariadne have survived, its reconstruction was possible through comparison with other ancient works.

New fifteenth- and sixteenth-century finds rekindle the mystery of Pompeii: the city was not forgotten after the eruption, but lived on in local memory. Pompeii did not end in AD 79.. For centuries, ...

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Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Restorers in Pompeii meticulously assembling thousands of fragile plaster fragments to rebuild a 2,000-year-old vaulted ceiling.

ROME — Archaeologists in Pompeii, the ancient city buried by the eruption of Mount Vesuvius in AD 79, have unveiled the partially reconstructed frescoed ceiling vault of a banquet hall featuring ...