For #FrescoFriday a glimpse into a tomb of the #Roman period in Corinth/ #Greece . One of the terracotta sarcophagi has the shape of a bed and is painted in bright colours: a woman's head is resting on a pillow, her body is covered with a blanket. The details are amazing: 1/2

Campaigning in Roman times: For #FrescoFriday a painting from Pompeii that was long believed to show the sale of bread. It's thought now to be the free distribution of bread ahead of an election by a politician in a white toga.

Photo: MANN Inv. No. 9071

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House of the Orchard #Pompeii

An enchanting room decorated with frescoes of a lush imaginary garden filled with ornamental plants, fruit trees, birds, and more.
📷 April 2023

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'Flora' - wallpainting from the villa at Campo Verano (near Pompeii) #FrescoFriday romansociety.org/Imago/Image-De…

Part of a fresco showing an intimate scene from a private building in #Pompeii which was destroyed in the eruption of Mt. Vesuvius. It dates to roughly 50-79 AD and is on display in the National Archaeological Museum in #Naples , #Italy .

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The painted room hidden in the heart of Tudor Littlecote House in Berkshire #FrescoFriday

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Boyana Church Mural Paintings- Bulgaria.
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As the news broke in time for #FrescoFriday The ‘black room’ discovered in #Pompeii . 📷 Photograph: Parco Archeologico Di Pompei/Reuters 😍
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#FrescoFriday ; from the tablinum of the Casa dell'ara Massima at #Pompeii , a scene of Narcissus admiring his reflection in the water, set in a painted window with folding shutters among other wall decoration.

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One of the greatest tragedies in the #RomanEmpire 's history, the Vesuvius eruption of 79 AD, continues to surprise us all those centuries later.

Such is the case of this perfectly preserved fresco, freshly uncovered in Pompeii this week!

Just in time for #FrescoFriday !

Wandering through the House of Fabius Rufus/Maius Castricius,
I was particularly struck by this fresco of a female divinity. Her necklaces, headdress, and earrings are gloriously elaborate and fine. Identified by some as Venus Pompeiana. #Pompeii
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Painted plaster found at Caerleon fortress baths. 📷 My own.
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#FrescoFriday - A Roman fresco of a swan that adorned the tablinum of the House of Fortune in Carthago Nova (modern-day Cartagena, Spain). The house dates to the late 1st century BC and was occupied until the late 2nd century AD.

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It would be hard to go past the new frescoes unveiled at Pompeii this week. Leda and swan has been the subject of a couple of newly found frescoes over the past few years and this one is a subtle play of pinks against the dark background.

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#FrescoFriday - Today it had to be the newly published - and utterly stunning - fresco from Insula X Regio IX. Alexandros (Paris) meets Helen, with their names in the Greek dipinti making the figures unmistakable. #Pompeii #Art

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Saint Gotthard, patron saint of alpine passes, an 11th century Bavarian bishop and religious reformer. Medieval fresco, Chiesa di Santa Maria del Tiglio, Gravadona, Italy.

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Who's this appearing on BBC One news? It's only Dr Sophie Hay with a wonderful #Roman fresco from Pompeii Sites 🤩

#FrescoFriday on a thursday 👍

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Some #FrescoFriday for #InternationalWomensDay

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Fabulous collection of wall paintings of Abbaye Saint-André-de- #Lavaudieu ', #Auvergne , #HauteLoire
Here, 'the delight of St Magdalene' framed by two angels, the details of the clothing and the floral decorations are stunning.

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Isabella of Portugal (1397-1471), Duchess consort of Burgundy who served as regent of the Burgundian Low Countries in 1439 and 1441. Fresco dated 1488 in the Sint-Hubertuskapel within the Groot Vleeshuis, Ghent, Belgium:

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