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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
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Angela Giuffrida in Rome

Banquet room with preserved frescoes unearthed among Pompeii ruins

A newly discovered Pompeii fresco depicting Helen of Troy meeting Paris, prince of Troy, for the first time.
A newly discovered Pompeii fresco depicting Helen of Troy meeting Paris, prince of Troy, for the first time. Photograph: Parco Archeologico di Pompei press office/AFP/Getty Images

A 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 southern Italy archaeological site.

The 15-metre-long, six-metre-wide room was found in a former private residence in Via di Nola, which was ancient Pompeii’s longest road, during excavations in the Regio IX area of the site.

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