Project to shore up Pompeii yields stunning black banquet hall, with frescoes of Trojan War figures
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This image released by the Italian Culture Ministry on Wednesday, April 10, 2024, shows a fresco depicting the Greek mythology's figures of Helen, left, and Paris of Troy, right, inside an imposing banquet hall, with elegant black walls, decorated with mythological subjects inspired by the Trojan War, recently unhearted in the Pompeii archaeological area near Naples in southern Italy. (Italian Culture Ministry via AP, HO)This image released by the Italian Culture Ministry on Wednesday, April 10, 2024, shows, a banquet hall, with elegant black walls, decorated with mythological subjects inspired by the Trojan War, recently unhearted in the Pompeii archaeological area near Naples in southern Italy. (Italian Culture Ministry via AP, HO)This image released by the Italian Culture Ministry on Wednesday, April 10, 2024, shows a fresco depicting the Greek mythology's figures Cassandra, right, a cursed prophetess, and Apollo, God of oracles and knowledge, inside an imposing banquet hall, with elegant black walls, decorated with mythological subjects inspired by the Trojan War, recently unhearted in the Pompeii archaeological area near Naples in southern Italy. (Italian Culture Ministry via AP, HO)This image released by the Italian Culture Ministry on Wednesday, April 10, 2024, shows a fresco depicting the Greek mythology's figures Cassandra, a cursed prophetess, and Apollo, God of oracles and knowledge, inside an imposing banquet hall, with elegant black walls, decorated with mythological subjects inspired by the Trojan War, recently unhearted in the Pompeii archaeological area near Naples in southern Italy. (Italian Culture Ministry via AP, HO)This image released by the Italian Culture Ministry on Wednesday, April 10, 2024, shows, part of the frescoes inside an imposing banquet hall, with elegant black walls, decorated with mythological subjects inspired by the Trojan War, which was recently unhearted in the Pompeii archaeological area near Naples in southern Italy. (Italian Culture Ministry via AP, HO)This image released by the Italian Culture Ministry on Wednesday, April 10, 2024, shows, part of the frescoes inside an imposing banquet hall, with elegant black walls, decorated with mythological subjects inspired by the Trojan War, which was recently unhearted in the Pompeii archaeological area near Naples in southern Italy. (Italian Culture Ministry via AP, HO)
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This image released by the Italian Culture Ministry on Wednesday, April 10, 2024, shows a fresco depicting the Greek mythology's figures of Helen, left, and Paris of Troy, right, inside an imposing banquet hall, with elegant black walls, decorated with mythological subjects inspired by the Trojan War, recently unhearted in the Pompeii archaeological area near Naples in southern Italy. (Italian Culture Ministry via AP, HO)