Pompeii Ceiling Fresco Restored - Archaeology Magazine

Pompeii Ceiling Fresco Restored - Archaeology Magazine

Section of ceiling fresco NAPLES, ITALY—La Brújula Verde reports that restoration work has been completed on a ceiling fresco that once adorned a banquet hall in the Casa con Pacificio, or House with Bakery, in Pompeii’s Regio IX. Decorative fragments of the ceiling, which depict the union of the god Dionysus and Ariadne, were first examined and reunited in the lab. When conservators were able to determine the original position of the fragments,…

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