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New frescoes found in ash of Pompeii 2,000 years after city wiped out by Mount Vesuvius eruption

CBS News

March 4, 2024

A lavish painting of a mythological scene was among several newly discovered frescoes revealed Friday by archaeologists excavating the ancient Roman city of Pompeii.

Still astonishingly colorful some 2,000 years after the city was wiped out by the eruption of Mount Vesuvius, the frescoes were unearthed during restoration work around the mansion of the House of Leda.

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