New find in Pompeii: Big Fresko in Fallaal
New spectacular find in Pompeii: In the center of the southern Italian city, which was hit by a devastating outbreak of the Vesuvian in 79 AD, archaeologists have exposed a banquet hall with a well -preserved huge fresco. The mural shows a procession with almost life -size figures over three sides in honor of Dionysos, the Greek God of wine. The fourth side of the hall was open towards a garden.
You can see dancers, dancers, wild hunters with prey, flute players and many other figures up to a woman who is probably soon dying who holds a torch in his hand. The fresco is dated to the years 40 to 30 BC – so it was more than a century old when the Vesuvios broke out.
The German head of the museum park, Gabriel Büchtriegel, spoke of « frescoes with a deeply religious meaning ». « But here they were determined to decorate rooms for banquets and festivals. »
More than four million visitors a year
In the sunken Roman city near Naples at the foot of the Vesuvian, archaeologists repeatedly come across spectacular finds. In 79, ash, mud and lava covered the streets, villas and other houses after several volcanic eruptions.
Spectacular: Medieval bridge and two defensive towers exposed in Hollenfels
Pompeii was rediscovered in the 18th century. The preserved remains of death and devastation give an insight into the life of back then. With more than four million visitors a year, Pompeii belongs to Italy's most popular sights.
