Frescoes and fast-food joints are just a few of the latest discoveries, but a small piece of graffiti is making scholars rethink the date of Pompeii's ruin.
One of Pompeii’s most precious gems, the Villa of Mysteries, is now at risk of collapse due to seismic activity in the Bay of Naples, as well as vibrations from a nearby train line transporting tourists. That's the conclusion of a recent study conducted by Italy’s National Agency for ...
One of the most important fine art cycles in the history of art is at the Villa of Mystery. Here it is likely that young women were initiated into the mysteries of life, death and rebirth under the watchful eyes of Dionysis and his consort Ariadne. Pompeii was a rich and cosmopolitan ...
Villa of the Mysteries Also outside the main excavation area and beyond theVilla of Diomedesis the magnificent Villa of the Mysteries (Villa dei Misteri). Your ticket includes admission here. This villa, built in the second century BCE contains what many consider to be the finest surviving anci...
3. The Villa of the Mysteries Located outside the main area, the frescoes here are amazingly well preserved in their full vibrant color. In fact, they’re some of the best examples of 1st-century Roman painting. The frescoes seem to depict a woman entering into the initiations for a Greco...
the city in surrounding positions, which housed the nearby Nobles. The majority of these estates are placed a long way from the middle of Pompeii. The closest and best well-kept is without a doubt the Villa of the Mysteries, which was found in the early 1900’s and its various frescoes...
The name comes from a bronze satyr statue in the impluvium (a small pool for gathering rain water), and the villa has a number of statues, frescoes, and mosaics. Among the most famous is the mosaic that depicts Alexander the Great battling Darius and the Persians at Issus, now displayed ...
One of the most perplexing houses in Pompeii is the so-called Villa of Mysteries. Situated outside of town on the road to Herculaneum, the house is decorated with frescoes which are interpreted as everything from rituals preparing young girls for marriage to Dionysian rites. What most scholars...
decorated public buildings, and the simple shops and homes of the artisans. The houses and villas have yielded rare and beautiful examples of Roman art. Among the most famous are the house of the Vetti, the villa of the Mysteries, and, in the suburbs of Pompeii, the villa of the Bosco...
Over two decades of exploring Southern Italy, I’ve visitedPompeiimore times than I can count. I’ve strolled down Via dell'Abbondanza, the ancient town’sdecumanus maximus(main street); marveled at the frescoes in theVilla dei Misteri; contemplated the plaster casts of ...