A pair of ancient tombs featuring paintings of Greek mythological characters, in one of the world’s oldest urban areas, will soon be open to the public. Located in the Israeli coastal city of Ashkelon ...

Archaeologists in the ancient Roman city of Pompeii unearthed several frescoes during new excavation work. The paintings were found in a banquet hall depicting ...

Archaeologists discovered rare paintings, showing Helen of Troy and other Greek figures, in the lost Roman city of Pompeii 2000 years after the deadly volcanic eruption. The paintings were revealed on ...

Conservation experts almost gave up when they first saw the severely damaged wall paintings they had come to rescue in the ancient city of Petra. Cloaked for centuries in grimy soot from Bedouin camp ...

Archaeology experts have successfully reconstructed elaborate Roman wall paintings from thousands of plaster fragments discovered in Southwark, revealing artwork unseen for over 1,800 years. The ...

An excavation in London has revealed one of the largest collections of painted Roman wall plaster to be discovered in the capital. Archaeologists have spent four years working on thousands of ...