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Project to shore up Pompeii yields stunning black banquet hall, with frescoes of Trojan War figures

A black-walled dining hall with 2,000-year-old paintings inspired by the Trojan War has been discovered in Pompeii.
The room, 15 meters long and 6 meters wide, was used for banquets due to its quality frescoes, mosaics, and choice of characters.
Excavations in Pompeii are part of a project to preserve the site from decay, supported by a €105-million EU-funded initiative.

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The Guardian

Banquet room with preserved frescoes unearthed among Pompeii ruins

‘Black room’ with frescoes inspired by Trojan war described as one of most striking discoveries ever made at site in southern ItalyA banquet room replete with well preserved frescoes depicting characters inspired by the Trojan war has been unearthed among the ruins of Pompeii in what has been described as one of the most striking discoveries ever made at the archaeological site in southern Italy.The 15-metre-long, six-metre-wide room was found i…

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Daily Express

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Project to shore up Pompeii yields stunning black banquet hall, with frescoes of Trojan War figures

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Project to shore up Pompeii yields stunning black banquet hall, with frescoes of Trojan War figures

Archaeologists excavating new sites in Pompeii have uncovered a sumptuous banquet hall decorated with intricately frescoed mythological characters inspired by the Trojan War

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Stunning frescoes of mythological characters uncovered in Pompeii

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