Very rare paintings depicting the god of wine unearthed in Pompeii 2,000 years after city was buried by ash and lava
An extremely rare cycle of paintings depicting a raucous ritual involving the god of wine has been unearthed in Pompeii, the ...
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See the Stunning Frescoes of a Mysterious Dionysian Cult Discovered in Ancient Pompeii
The only other large wall painting depicting a Dionysian ceremony ... also known as the Roman god Bacchus, entailed. Wine, of course, was central to these festivities. But researchers think ...