Rare, centuries-old Roman paintings were uncovered in the ruins of Pompeii. The frescoes were found in a dining room in the ruined city buried under ash after a catastrophic volcanic eruption in ...

Fresco depicting Paris and Helen of Troy. Parco Archeologico di Pompei The startling finding — one of the most important in years — was revealed to the public on Thursday.

Helen had been married to Menelaus, the king of Sparta, before fleeing to Troy with Paris. (Various versions of the myth differ regarding whether she was abducted or went willingly.) ...

See those sconces Helen and Paris lock eyes as she walks naked (we see her backside) among 100 kings. See that little twirp Menelaus demolish burly Trojans twice his size.

This is Pompeii. Helen is depicted in stunning detail (alongside Paris, the prince of Troy) in one of the paintings on the recently discovered fresco wall of the winter dining room of a Pompeian ...

Rare Pompeii frescoes reveal Greek mythology figures and Trojan War scenes, including Cassandra and Helen of Troy. Measuring approximately 50 ft in length and 20 ft in width, this dining chamber ...

Buried and unseen for nearly 2,000 years, a series of striking paintings showing Helen of Troy and other Greek heroes has been uncovered in the ruined Roman town of Pompeii.