Encaustic painting is an ancient technique of mixing hot ... we name Greek, Roman, and Byzantine examples of art, painting with molten wax was familiar and popular in non-European cultures as ...

Created more than a century before the eruption of Mount Vesuvius in 79 C.E., the wall paintings provide rare insights into secret rituals conducted in the Roman city ...

An almost life-size frieze, or a 'megalography', has emerged which runs around three sides of the room. The cycle of paintings shed light on the mysteries of Bacchus, the Roman version of Dionysus — ...