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  • Erfolgreiche Puzzle-Arbeit: Paläontologen präsentieren im Londoner Natural History Museum die bisher unbekannte Dinosaurierart Enigmacursor mollyborthwickae
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    Erfolgreiche Puzzle-Arbeit: Paläontologen präsentieren im Londoner Natural History Museum die bisher unbekannte Dinosaurierart Enigmacursor mollyborthwickae
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    Enigmacursor mollyborthwickae, a species of dinosaur new to science, has joined the residents of London’s Natural History museum.
    The dinosaur would have roamed North America in the Late Jurassic, 145-150 million years ago - now its fossilised skeleton will reside in the Museum’s Earth Hall.
    Museum experts have also carried out critical scientific research on the specimen, settling a century-long taxonomic tangle and defining this fossil as a new species to science.
    Wind the clock back 145 to 150 million years, and Enigmacursor mollyborthwickae, standing at half a metre tall and a little over a metre long, would have been darting around the floodplains of the western United States in the shadows of giants like Diplodocus (such as Dippy) and Stegosaurus (like Sophie, who also resides in the Museum’s Earth Hall).
    There are signs that this specimen was not fully grown: the top section of vertebrae (the neural arches), which form separately to the lower parts and fuse together as the animal ages, were not fully fused in place, suggesting Enigmacursor may have been quite young.
    It would also have been a speedy runner, hence the latter part of its genus name, ‘cursor’. ‘Enigma’ relates to the mystery surrounding the taxonomic tangle that has been resolved today by new research published in the journal Royal Society Open Science, co-authored by Museum palaeontologists Prof. Susannah Maidment and Prof. Paul Barrett.
    Prof. Susannah Maidment, co-lead author of the new study, comments: “The generous donation of this rare specimen has had quite unexpected scientific repercussions. By studying its anatomy in detail, we’ve been able to clarify this species’ evolutionary relationships, its taxonomy and the diversity of a previously poorly understood group of small dinosaurs.
    “Getting taxonomy right is vital; it underpins everything we do as palaeontologists and if we get i *** Local Ca

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  • Daniel Kebede, general secretary of the National Education Union speaks at Mander Hall, NEU Headquarters, London,UK.
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    Daniel Kebede, general secretary of the National Education Union speaks at Mander Hall, NEU Headquarters, London,UK.
    Daniel Kebede, general secretary of the National Education Union speaks at Mander Hall, NEU Headquarters, London,UK.
    8th April 2025

    Daniel Kebede
    General Secretary

    Rosamund McNeil
    Assistant General Secretary

    David Wilson
    Deputy General Secretary

    Pre-conference press briefing ahead of the National Education Union annual conference which takes place in Harrogate 14 – 17 April 2025.

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  • Daniel Kebede, general secretary of the National Education Union speaks at Mander Hall, NEU Headquarters, London,UK.
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    Daniel Kebede, general secretary of the National Education Union speaks at Mander Hall, NEU Headquarters, London,UK.
    Daniel Kebede, general secretary of the National Education Union speaks at Mander Hall, NEU Headquarters, London,UK.
    8th April 2025

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  • Daniel Kebede, general secretary of the National Education Union speaks at Mander Hall, NEU Headquarters, London,UK.
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    Daniel Kebede, general secretary of the National Education Union speaks at Mander Hall, NEU Headquarters, London,UK.
    Daniel Kebede, general secretary of the National Education Union speaks at Mander Hall, NEU Headquarters, London,UK.
    8th April 2025

    Daniel Kebede
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    Rosamund McNeil
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    David Wilson
    Deputy General Secretary

    Pre-conference press briefing ahead of the National Education Union annual conference which takes place in Harrogate 14 – 17 April 2025.

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  • Daniel Kebede, general secretary of the National Education Union speaks at Mander Hall, NEU Headquarters, London,UK.
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    Daniel Kebede, general secretary of the National Education Union speaks at Mander Hall, NEU Headquarters, London,UK.
    Daniel Kebede, general secretary of the National Education Union speaks at Mander Hall, NEU Headquarters, London,UK.
    8th April 2025

    Daniel Kebede
    General Secretary

    Rosamund McNeil
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    David Wilson
    Deputy General Secretary

    Pre-conference press briefing ahead of the National Education Union annual conference which takes place in Harrogate 14 – 17 April 2025.

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  • Daniel Kebede, general secretary of the National Education Union speaks at Mander Hall, NEU Headquarters, London,UK.
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    Daniel Kebede, general secretary of the National Education Union speaks at Mander Hall, NEU Headquarters, London,UK.
    Daniel Kebede, general secretary of the National Education Union speaks at Mander Hall, NEU Headquarters, London,UK.
    8th April 2025

    Daniel Kebede
    General Secretary

    Rosamund McNeil
    Assistant General Secretary

    David Wilson
    Deputy General Secretary

    Pre-conference press briefing ahead of the National Education Union annual conference which takes place in Harrogate 14 – 17 April 2025.

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  • Daniel Kebede, general secretary of the National Education Union speaks at Mander Hall, NEU Headquarters, London,UK.
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    Daniel Kebede, general secretary of the National Education Union speaks at Mander Hall, NEU Headquarters, London,UK.
    Daniel Kebede, general secretary of the National Education Union speaks at Mander Hall, NEU Headquarters, London,UK.
    8th April 2025

    Daniel Kebede
    General Secretary

    Rosamund McNeil
    Assistant General Secretary

    David Wilson
    Deputy General Secretary

    Pre-conference press briefing ahead of the National Education Union annual conference which takes place in Harrogate 14 – 17 April 2025.

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  • Daniel Kebede, general secretary of the National Education Union speaks at Mander Hall, NEU Headquarters, London,UK.
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    Daniel Kebede, general secretary of the National Education Union speaks at Mander Hall, NEU Headquarters, London,UK.
    Daniel Kebede, general secretary of the National Education Union speaks at Mander Hall, NEU Headquarters, London,UK.
    8th April 2025

    Daniel Kebede
    General Secretary

    Rosamund McNeil
    Assistant General Secretary

    David Wilson
    Deputy General Secretary

    Pre-conference press briefing ahead of the National Education Union annual conference which takes place in Harrogate 14 – 17 April 2025.

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  • Daniel Kebede, general secretary of the National Education Union speaks at Mander Hall, NEU Headquarters, London,UK.
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    Daniel Kebede, general secretary of the National Education Union speaks at Mander Hall, NEU Headquarters, London,UK.
    Daniel Kebede, general secretary of the National Education Union speaks at Mander Hall, NEU Headquarters, London,UK.
    8th April 2025

    Daniel Kebede
    General Secretary

    Rosamund McNeil
    Assistant General Secretary

    David Wilson
    Deputy General Secretary

    Pre-conference press briefing ahead of the National Education Union annual conference which takes place in Harrogate 14 – 17 April 2025.

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  • Daniel Kebede, general secretary of the National Education Union speaks at Mander Hall, NEU Headquarters, London,UK.
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    Daniel Kebede, general secretary of the National Education Union speaks at Mander Hall, NEU Headquarters, London,UK.
    Daniel Kebede, general secretary of the National Education Union speaks at Mander Hall, NEU Headquarters, London,UK.
    8th April 2025

    Daniel Kebede
    General Secretary

    Rosamund McNeil
    Assistant General Secretary

    David Wilson
    Deputy General Secretary

    Pre-conference press briefing ahead of the National Education Union annual conference which takes place in Harrogate 14 – 17 April 2025.

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  • Daniel Kebede, general secretary of the National Education Union speaks at Mander Hall, NEU Headquarters, London,UK.
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    Daniel Kebede, general secretary of the National Education Union speaks at Mander Hall, NEU Headquarters, London,UK.
    Daniel Kebede, general secretary of the National Education Union speaks at Mander Hall, NEU Headquarters, London,UK.
    8th April 2025

    Daniel Kebede
    General Secretary

    Rosamund McNeil
    Assistant General Secretary

    David Wilson
    Deputy General Secretary

    Pre-conference press briefing ahead of the National Education Union annual conference which takes place in Harrogate 14 – 17 April 2025.

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  • Daniel Kebede, general secretary of the National Education Union speaks at Mander Hall, NEU Headquarters, London,UK.
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    Daniel Kebede, general secretary of the National Education Union speaks at Mander Hall, NEU Headquarters, London,UK.
    Daniel Kebede, general secretary of the National Education Union speaks at Mander Hall, NEU Headquarters, London,UK.
    8th April 2025

    Daniel Kebede
    General Secretary

    Rosamund McNeil
    Assistant General Secretary

    David Wilson
    Deputy General Secretary

    Pre-conference press briefing ahead of the National Education Union annual conference which takes place in Harrogate 14 – 17 April 2025.

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  • Daniel Kebede, general secretary of the National Education Union speaks at Mander Hall, NEU Headquarters, London,UK.
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    Daniel Kebede, general secretary of the National Education Union speaks at Mander Hall, NEU Headquarters, London,UK.
    Daniel Kebede, general secretary of the National Education Union speaks at Mander Hall, NEU Headquarters, London,UK.
    8th April 2025

    Daniel Kebede
    General Secretary

    Rosamund McNeil
    Assistant General Secretary

    David Wilson
    Deputy General Secretary

    Pre-conference press briefing ahead of the National Education Union annual conference which takes place in Harrogate 14 – 17 April 2025.

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  • Daniel Kebede, general secretary of the National Education Union speaks at Mander Hall, NEU Headquarters, London,UK.
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    Daniel Kebede, general secretary of the National Education Union speaks at Mander Hall, NEU Headquarters, London,UK.
    Daniel Kebede, general secretary of the National Education Union speaks at Mander Hall, NEU Headquarters, London,UK.
    8th April 2025

    Daniel Kebede
    General Secretary

    Rosamund McNeil
    Assistant General Secretary

    David Wilson
    Deputy General Secretary

    Pre-conference press briefing ahead of the National Education Union annual conference which takes place in Harrogate 14 – 17 April 2025.

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  • Daniel Kebede, general secretary of the National Education Union speaks at Mander Hall, NEU Headquarters, London,UK.
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    Daniel Kebede, general secretary of the National Education Union speaks at Mander Hall, NEU Headquarters, London,UK.
    Daniel Kebede, general secretary of the National Education Union speaks at Mander Hall, NEU Headquarters, London,UK.
    8th April 2025

    Daniel Kebede
    General Secretary

    Rosamund McNeil
    Assistant General Secretary

    David Wilson
    Deputy General Secretary

    Pre-conference press briefing ahead of the National Education Union annual conference which takes place in Harrogate 14 – 17 April 2025.

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  • Daniel Kebede, general secretary of the National Education Union speaks at Mander Hall, NEU Headquarters, London,UK.
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    Daniel Kebede, general secretary of the National Education Union speaks at Mander Hall, NEU Headquarters, London,UK.
    Daniel Kebede, general secretary of the National Education Union speaks at Mander Hall, NEU Headquarters, London,UK.
    8th April 2025

    Daniel Kebede
    General Secretary

    Rosamund McNeil
    Assistant General Secretary

    David Wilson
    Deputy General Secretary

    Pre-conference press briefing ahead of the National Education Union annual conference which takes place in Harrogate 14 – 17 April 2025.

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  • Daniel Kebede, general secretary of the National Education Union speaks at Mander Hall, NEU Headquarters, London,UK.
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    Daniel Kebede, general secretary of the National Education Union speaks at Mander Hall, NEU Headquarters, London,UK.
    Daniel Kebede, general secretary of the National Education Union speaks at Mander Hall, NEU Headquarters, London,UK.
    8th April 2025

    Daniel Kebede
    General Secretary

    Rosamund McNeil
    Assistant General Secretary

    David Wilson
    Deputy General Secretary

    Pre-conference press briefing ahead of the National Education Union annual conference which takes place in Harrogate 14 – 17 April 2025.

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  • Daniel Kebede, general secretary of the National Education Union speaks at Mander Hall, NEU Headquarters, London,UK.
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    Daniel Kebede, general secretary of the National Education Union speaks at Mander Hall, NEU Headquarters, London,UK.
    Daniel Kebede, general secretary of the National Education Union speaks at Mander Hall, NEU Headquarters, London,UK.
    8th April 2025

    Daniel Kebede
    General Secretary

    Rosamund McNeil
    Assistant General Secretary

    David Wilson
    Deputy General Secretary

    Pre-conference press briefing ahead of the National Education Union annual conference which takes place in Harrogate 14 – 17 April 2025.

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  • Daniel Kebede, general secretary of the National Education Union speaks at Mander Hall, NEU Headquarters, London,UK.
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    Daniel Kebede, general secretary of the National Education Union speaks at Mander Hall, NEU Headquarters, London,UK.
    Daniel Kebede, general secretary of the National Education Union speaks at Mander Hall, NEU Headquarters, London,UK.
    8th April 2025

    Daniel Kebede
    General Secretary

    Rosamund McNeil
    Assistant General Secretary

    David Wilson
    Deputy General Secretary

    Pre-conference press briefing ahead of the National Education Union annual conference which takes place in Harrogate 14 – 17 April 2025.

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  • Daniel Kebede, general secretary of the National Education Union speaks at Mander Hall, NEU Headquarters, London,UK.
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    Daniel Kebede, general secretary of the National Education Union speaks at Mander Hall, NEU Headquarters, London,UK.
    Daniel Kebede, general secretary of the National Education Union speaks at Mander Hall, NEU Headquarters, London,UK.
    8th April 2025

    Daniel Kebede
    General Secretary

    Rosamund McNeil
    Assistant General Secretary

    David Wilson
    Deputy General Secretary

    Pre-conference press briefing ahead of the National Education Union annual conference which takes place in Harrogate 14 – 17 April 2025.

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  • Daniel Kebede, general secretary of the National Education Union speaks at Mander Hall, NEU Headquarters, London,UK.
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    Daniel Kebede, general secretary of the National Education Union speaks at Mander Hall, NEU Headquarters, London,UK.
    Daniel Kebede, general secretary of the National Education Union speaks at Mander Hall, NEU Headquarters, London,UK.
    8th April 2025

    Daniel Kebede
    General Secretary

    Rosamund McNeil
    Assistant General Secretary

    David Wilson
    Deputy General Secretary

    Pre-conference press briefing ahead of the National Education Union annual conference which takes place in Harrogate 14 – 17 April 2025.

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  • Daniel Kebede, general secretary of the National Education Union speaks at Mander Hall, NEU Headquarters, London,UK.
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    Daniel Kebede, general secretary of the National Education Union speaks at Mander Hall, NEU Headquarters, London,UK.
    Daniel Kebede, general secretary of the National Education Union speaks at Mander Hall, NEU Headquarters, London,UK.
    8th April 2025

    Daniel Kebede
    General Secretary

    Rosamund McNeil
    Assistant General Secretary

    David Wilson
    Deputy General Secretary

    Pre-conference press briefing ahead of the National Education Union annual conference which takes place in Harrogate 14 – 17 April 2025.

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  • FEATURE - Aus Forschung und Wissenschaft: 2.000 Jahre alte Fresken in einem grossen Bankettsaal in Pompeji entdeckt
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    FEATURE - Aus Forschung und Wissenschaft: 2.000 Jahre alte Fresken in einem grossen Bankettsaal in Pompeji entdeckt

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    A newly discovered fresco in Pompeii is shedding fresh light on the mysterious Dionysiac cults of the ancient world - and how they depicted “wild” women who broke free of the male order.
    More than a century after the famous Villa of the Mysteries was unearthed, archaeologists have revealed a strikingly detailed frieze depicting the procession of Dionysus, the god of wine.
    The nearly life-sized fresco, known as a "megalography" due to its large-scale figures, was found in a grand banqueting room in Insula 10 of Region IX in central Pompeii. It spans three sides of the room, while the fourth side opens onto a garden.
    The vivid artwork portrays bacchantes, or maenads, as both dancers and fierce hunters. Some carry slaughtered kid goats or wield swords while holding the innards of animals. Young satyrs, with their distinctive pointed ears, are shown playing the double flute. At the centre of the frieze stands a mortal woman accompanied by an aged Silenus holding a torch, suggesting her initiation into the Dionysiac mysteries—a cult promising rebirth and the possibility of an afterlife.
    Explaining its significance, Gabriel Zuchtriegel said: “These frescoes have a profoundly religious meaning which, however, was also designed to decorate areas for holding banquets and feasts, rather like when we find a copy of Michelangelo’s Creation of Adam on the wall of an Italian restaurant in New York to create a little bit of atmosphere.
    “Behind these magnificent paintings, which play with illusion and reality, we can observe the signs of a religious crisis that was affecting the ancient world, but we can also grasp the grandeur of a ritual that dates back to an archaic world.”
    He also said the bacchante or maenad, “expressed the wild, untameable side of women,” who “break free from male order to dance freely” and take on traditional male pursuits like hunting.
    Intriguingly, all the figures appear to *** Local Ca

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  • FEATURE - Aus Forschung und Wissenschaft: 2.000 Jahre alte Fresken in einem grossen Bankettsaal in Pompeji entdeckt
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    FEATURE - Aus Forschung und Wissenschaft: 2.000 Jahre alte Fresken in einem grossen Bankettsaal in Pompeji entdeckt

    **VIDEO AVAILABLE: CONTACT INFO@COVERMG.COM TO RECEIVE**
    A newly discovered fresco in Pompeii is shedding fresh light on the mysterious Dionysiac cults of the ancient world - and how they depicted “wild” women who broke free of the male order.
    More than a century after the famous Villa of the Mysteries was unearthed, archaeologists have revealed a strikingly detailed frieze depicting the procession of Dionysus, the god of wine.
    The nearly life-sized fresco, known as a "megalography" due to its large-scale figures, was found in a grand banqueting room in Insula 10 of Region IX in central Pompeii. It spans three sides of the room, while the fourth side opens onto a garden.
    The vivid artwork portrays bacchantes, or maenads, as both dancers and fierce hunters. Some carry slaughtered kid goats or wield swords while holding the innards of animals. Young satyrs, with their distinctive pointed ears, are shown playing the double flute. At the centre of the frieze stands a mortal woman accompanied by an aged Silenus holding a torch, suggesting her initiation into the Dionysiac mysteries—a cult promising rebirth and the possibility of an afterlife.
    Explaining its significance, Gabriel Zuchtriegel said: “These frescoes have a profoundly religious meaning which, however, was also designed to decorate areas for holding banquets and feasts, rather like when we find a copy of Michelangelo’s Creation of Adam on the wall of an Italian restaurant in New York to create a little bit of atmosphere.
    “Behind these magnificent paintings, which play with illusion and reality, we can observe the signs of a religious crisis that was affecting the ancient world, but we can also grasp the grandeur of a ritual that dates back to an archaic world.”
    He also said the bacchante or maenad, “expressed the wild, untameable side of women,” who “break free from male order to dance freely” and take on traditional male pursuits like hunting.
    Intriguingly, all the figures appear to *** Local Ca

    (c) Dukas

     

  • FEATURE - Aus Forschung und Wissenschaft: 2.000 Jahre alte Fresken in einem grossen Bankettsaal in Pompeji entdeckt
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    FEATURE - Aus Forschung und Wissenschaft: 2.000 Jahre alte Fresken in einem grossen Bankettsaal in Pompeji entdeckt

    **VIDEO AVAILABLE: CONTACT INFO@COVERMG.COM TO RECEIVE**
    A newly discovered fresco in Pompeii is shedding fresh light on the mysterious Dionysiac cults of the ancient world - and how they depicted “wild” women who broke free of the male order.
    More than a century after the famous Villa of the Mysteries was unearthed, archaeologists have revealed a strikingly detailed frieze depicting the procession of Dionysus, the god of wine.
    The nearly life-sized fresco, known as a "megalography" due to its large-scale figures, was found in a grand banqueting room in Insula 10 of Region IX in central Pompeii. It spans three sides of the room, while the fourth side opens onto a garden.
    The vivid artwork portrays bacchantes, or maenads, as both dancers and fierce hunters. Some carry slaughtered kid goats or wield swords while holding the innards of animals. Young satyrs, with their distinctive pointed ears, are shown playing the double flute. At the centre of the frieze stands a mortal woman accompanied by an aged Silenus holding a torch, suggesting her initiation into the Dionysiac mysteries—a cult promising rebirth and the possibility of an afterlife.
    Explaining its significance, Gabriel Zuchtriegel said: “These frescoes have a profoundly religious meaning which, however, was also designed to decorate areas for holding banquets and feasts, rather like when we find a copy of Michelangelo’s Creation of Adam on the wall of an Italian restaurant in New York to create a little bit of atmosphere.
    “Behind these magnificent paintings, which play with illusion and reality, we can observe the signs of a religious crisis that was affecting the ancient world, but we can also grasp the grandeur of a ritual that dates back to an archaic world.”
    He also said the bacchante or maenad, “expressed the wild, untameable side of women,” who “break free from male order to dance freely” and take on traditional male pursuits like hunting.
    Intriguingly, all the figures appear to *** Local Ca

    (c) Dukas

     

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    FEATURE - Aus Forschung und Wissenschaft: 2.000 Jahre alte Fresken in einem grossen Bankettsaal in Pompeji entdeckt

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    A newly discovered fresco in Pompeii is shedding fresh light on the mysterious Dionysiac cults of the ancient world - and how they depicted “wild” women who broke free of the male order.
    More than a century after the famous Villa of the Mysteries was unearthed, archaeologists have revealed a strikingly detailed frieze depicting the procession of Dionysus, the god of wine.
    The nearly life-sized fresco, known as a "megalography" due to its large-scale figures, was found in a grand banqueting room in Insula 10 of Region IX in central Pompeii. It spans three sides of the room, while the fourth side opens onto a garden.
    The vivid artwork portrays bacchantes, or maenads, as both dancers and fierce hunters. Some carry slaughtered kid goats or wield swords while holding the innards of animals. Young satyrs, with their distinctive pointed ears, are shown playing the double flute. At the centre of the frieze stands a mortal woman accompanied by an aged Silenus holding a torch, suggesting her initiation into the Dionysiac mysteries—a cult promising rebirth and the possibility of an afterlife.
    Explaining its significance, Gabriel Zuchtriegel said: “These frescoes have a profoundly religious meaning which, however, was also designed to decorate areas for holding banquets and feasts, rather like when we find a copy of Michelangelo’s Creation of Adam on the wall of an Italian restaurant in New York to create a little bit of atmosphere.
    “Behind these magnificent paintings, which play with illusion and reality, we can observe the signs of a religious crisis that was affecting the ancient world, but we can also grasp the grandeur of a ritual that dates back to an archaic world.”
    He also said the bacchante or maenad, “expressed the wild, untameable side of women,” who “break free from male order to dance freely” and take on traditional male pursuits like hunting.
    Intriguingly, all the figures appear to *** Local Ca

    (c) Dukas

     

  • FEATURE - Aus Forschung und Wissenschaft: 2.000 Jahre alte Fresken in einem grossen Bankettsaal in Pompeji entdeckt
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    FEATURE - Aus Forschung und Wissenschaft: 2.000 Jahre alte Fresken in einem grossen Bankettsaal in Pompeji entdeckt

    **VIDEO AVAILABLE: CONTACT INFO@COVERMG.COM TO RECEIVE**
    A newly discovered fresco in Pompeii is shedding fresh light on the mysterious Dionysiac cults of the ancient world - and how they depicted “wild” women who broke free of the male order.
    More than a century after the famous Villa of the Mysteries was unearthed, archaeologists have revealed a strikingly detailed frieze depicting the procession of Dionysus, the god of wine.
    The nearly life-sized fresco, known as a "megalography" due to its large-scale figures, was found in a grand banqueting room in Insula 10 of Region IX in central Pompeii. It spans three sides of the room, while the fourth side opens onto a garden.
    The vivid artwork portrays bacchantes, or maenads, as both dancers and fierce hunters. Some carry slaughtered kid goats or wield swords while holding the innards of animals. Young satyrs, with their distinctive pointed ears, are shown playing the double flute. At the centre of the frieze stands a mortal woman accompanied by an aged Silenus holding a torch, suggesting her initiation into the Dionysiac mysteries—a cult promising rebirth and the possibility of an afterlife.
    Explaining its significance, Gabriel Zuchtriegel said: “These frescoes have a profoundly religious meaning which, however, was also designed to decorate areas for holding banquets and feasts, rather like when we find a copy of Michelangelo’s Creation of Adam on the wall of an Italian restaurant in New York to create a little bit of atmosphere.
    “Behind these magnificent paintings, which play with illusion and reality, we can observe the signs of a religious crisis that was affecting the ancient world, but we can also grasp the grandeur of a ritual that dates back to an archaic world.”
    He also said the bacchante or maenad, “expressed the wild, untameable side of women,” who “break free from male order to dance freely” and take on traditional male pursuits like hunting.
    Intriguingly, all the figures appear to *** Local Ca

    (c) Dukas

     

  • FEATURE - Aus Forschung und Wissenschaft: 2.000 Jahre alte Fresken in einem grossen Bankettsaal in Pompeji entdeckt
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    FEATURE - Aus Forschung und Wissenschaft: 2.000 Jahre alte Fresken in einem grossen Bankettsaal in Pompeji entdeckt

    **VIDEO AVAILABLE: CONTACT INFO@COVERMG.COM TO RECEIVE**
    A newly discovered fresco in Pompeii is shedding fresh light on the mysterious Dionysiac cults of the ancient world - and how they depicted “wild” women who broke free of the male order.
    More than a century after the famous Villa of the Mysteries was unearthed, archaeologists have revealed a strikingly detailed frieze depicting the procession of Dionysus, the god of wine.
    The nearly life-sized fresco, known as a "megalography" due to its large-scale figures, was found in a grand banqueting room in Insula 10 of Region IX in central Pompeii. It spans three sides of the room, while the fourth side opens onto a garden.
    The vivid artwork portrays bacchantes, or maenads, as both dancers and fierce hunters. Some carry slaughtered kid goats or wield swords while holding the innards of animals. Young satyrs, with their distinctive pointed ears, are shown playing the double flute. At the centre of the frieze stands a mortal woman accompanied by an aged Silenus holding a torch, suggesting her initiation into the Dionysiac mysteries—a cult promising rebirth and the possibility of an afterlife.
    Explaining its significance, Gabriel Zuchtriegel said: “These frescoes have a profoundly religious meaning which, however, was also designed to decorate areas for holding banquets and feasts, rather like when we find a copy of Michelangelo’s Creation of Adam on the wall of an Italian restaurant in New York to create a little bit of atmosphere.
    “Behind these magnificent paintings, which play with illusion and reality, we can observe the signs of a religious crisis that was affecting the ancient world, but we can also grasp the grandeur of a ritual that dates back to an archaic world.”
    He also said the bacchante or maenad, “expressed the wild, untameable side of women,” who “break free from male order to dance freely” and take on traditional male pursuits like hunting.
    Intriguingly, all the figures appear to *** Local Ca

    (c) Dukas

     

  • FEATURE - Aus Forschung und Wissenschaft: 2.000 Jahre alte Fresken in einem grossen Bankettsaal in Pompeji entdeckt
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    FEATURE - Aus Forschung und Wissenschaft: 2.000 Jahre alte Fresken in einem grossen Bankettsaal in Pompeji entdeckt

    **VIDEO AVAILABLE: CONTACT INFO@COVERMG.COM TO RECEIVE**
    A newly discovered fresco in Pompeii is shedding fresh light on the mysterious Dionysiac cults of the ancient world - and how they depicted “wild” women who broke free of the male order.
    More than a century after the famous Villa of the Mysteries was unearthed, archaeologists have revealed a strikingly detailed frieze depicting the procession of Dionysus, the god of wine.
    The nearly life-sized fresco, known as a "megalography" due to its large-scale figures, was found in a grand banqueting room in Insula 10 of Region IX in central Pompeii. It spans three sides of the room, while the fourth side opens onto a garden.
    The vivid artwork portrays bacchantes, or maenads, as both dancers and fierce hunters. Some carry slaughtered kid goats or wield swords while holding the innards of animals. Young satyrs, with their distinctive pointed ears, are shown playing the double flute. At the centre of the frieze stands a mortal woman accompanied by an aged Silenus holding a torch, suggesting her initiation into the Dionysiac mysteries—a cult promising rebirth and the possibility of an afterlife.
    Explaining its significance, Gabriel Zuchtriegel said: “These frescoes have a profoundly religious meaning which, however, was also designed to decorate areas for holding banquets and feasts, rather like when we find a copy of Michelangelo’s Creation of Adam on the wall of an Italian restaurant in New York to create a little bit of atmosphere.
    “Behind these magnificent paintings, which play with illusion and reality, we can observe the signs of a religious crisis that was affecting the ancient world, but we can also grasp the grandeur of a ritual that dates back to an archaic world.”
    He also said the bacchante or maenad, “expressed the wild, untameable side of women,” who “break free from male order to dance freely” and take on traditional male pursuits like hunting.
    Intriguingly, all the figures appear to *** Local Ca

    (c) Dukas

     

  • FEATURE - Aus Forschung und Wissenschaft: 2.000 Jahre alte Fresken in einem grossen Bankettsaal in Pompeji entdeckt
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    FEATURE - Aus Forschung und Wissenschaft: 2.000 Jahre alte Fresken in einem grossen Bankettsaal in Pompeji entdeckt

    **VIDEO AVAILABLE: CONTACT INFO@COVERMG.COM TO RECEIVE**
    A newly discovered fresco in Pompeii is shedding fresh light on the mysterious Dionysiac cults of the ancient world - and how they depicted “wild” women who broke free of the male order.
    More than a century after the famous Villa of the Mysteries was unearthed, archaeologists have revealed a strikingly detailed frieze depicting the procession of Dionysus, the god of wine.
    The nearly life-sized fresco, known as a "megalography" due to its large-scale figures, was found in a grand banqueting room in Insula 10 of Region IX in central Pompeii. It spans three sides of the room, while the fourth side opens onto a garden.
    The vivid artwork portrays bacchantes, or maenads, as both dancers and fierce hunters. Some carry slaughtered kid goats or wield swords while holding the innards of animals. Young satyrs, with their distinctive pointed ears, are shown playing the double flute. At the centre of the frieze stands a mortal woman accompanied by an aged Silenus holding a torch, suggesting her initiation into the Dionysiac mysteries—a cult promising rebirth and the possibility of an afterlife.
    Explaining its significance, Gabriel Zuchtriegel said: “These frescoes have a profoundly religious meaning which, however, was also designed to decorate areas for holding banquets and feasts, rather like when we find a copy of Michelangelo’s Creation of Adam on the wall of an Italian restaurant in New York to create a little bit of atmosphere.
    “Behind these magnificent paintings, which play with illusion and reality, we can observe the signs of a religious crisis that was affecting the ancient world, but we can also grasp the grandeur of a ritual that dates back to an archaic world.”
    He also said the bacchante or maenad, “expressed the wild, untameable side of women,” who “break free from male order to dance freely” and take on traditional male pursuits like hunting.
    Intriguingly, all the figures appear to *** Local Ca

    (c) Dukas

     

  • FEATURE - Aus Forschung und Wissenschaft: 2.000 Jahre alte Fresken in einem grossen Bankettsaal in Pompeji entdeckt
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    FEATURE - Aus Forschung und Wissenschaft: 2.000 Jahre alte Fresken in einem grossen Bankettsaal in Pompeji entdeckt

    **VIDEO AVAILABLE: CONTACT INFO@COVERMG.COM TO RECEIVE**
    A newly discovered fresco in Pompeii is shedding fresh light on the mysterious Dionysiac cults of the ancient world - and how they depicted “wild” women who broke free of the male order.
    More than a century after the famous Villa of the Mysteries was unearthed, archaeologists have revealed a strikingly detailed frieze depicting the procession of Dionysus, the god of wine.
    The nearly life-sized fresco, known as a "megalography" due to its large-scale figures, was found in a grand banqueting room in Insula 10 of Region IX in central Pompeii. It spans three sides of the room, while the fourth side opens onto a garden.
    The vivid artwork portrays bacchantes, or maenads, as both dancers and fierce hunters. Some carry slaughtered kid goats or wield swords while holding the innards of animals. Young satyrs, with their distinctive pointed ears, are shown playing the double flute. At the centre of the frieze stands a mortal woman accompanied by an aged Silenus holding a torch, suggesting her initiation into the Dionysiac mysteries—a cult promising rebirth and the possibility of an afterlife.
    Explaining its significance, Gabriel Zuchtriegel said: “These frescoes have a profoundly religious meaning which, however, was also designed to decorate areas for holding banquets and feasts, rather like when we find a copy of Michelangelo’s Creation of Adam on the wall of an Italian restaurant in New York to create a little bit of atmosphere.
    “Behind these magnificent paintings, which play with illusion and reality, we can observe the signs of a religious crisis that was affecting the ancient world, but we can also grasp the grandeur of a ritual that dates back to an archaic world.”
    He also said the bacchante or maenad, “expressed the wild, untameable side of women,” who “break free from male order to dance freely” and take on traditional male pursuits like hunting.
    Intriguingly, all the figures appear to *** Local Ca

    (c) Dukas

     

  • FEATURE - Aus Forschung und Wissenschaft: 2.000 Jahre alte Fresken in einem grossen Bankettsaal in Pompeji entdeckt
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    FEATURE - Aus Forschung und Wissenschaft: 2.000 Jahre alte Fresken in einem grossen Bankettsaal in Pompeji entdeckt

    **VIDEO AVAILABLE: CONTACT INFO@COVERMG.COM TO RECEIVE**
    A newly discovered fresco in Pompeii is shedding fresh light on the mysterious Dionysiac cults of the ancient world - and how they depicted “wild” women who broke free of the male order.
    More than a century after the famous Villa of the Mysteries was unearthed, archaeologists have revealed a strikingly detailed frieze depicting the procession of Dionysus, the god of wine.
    The nearly life-sized fresco, known as a "megalography" due to its large-scale figures, was found in a grand banqueting room in Insula 10 of Region IX in central Pompeii. It spans three sides of the room, while the fourth side opens onto a garden.
    The vivid artwork portrays bacchantes, or maenads, as both dancers and fierce hunters. Some carry slaughtered kid goats or wield swords while holding the innards of animals. Young satyrs, with their distinctive pointed ears, are shown playing the double flute. At the centre of the frieze stands a mortal woman accompanied by an aged Silenus holding a torch, suggesting her initiation into the Dionysiac mysteries—a cult promising rebirth and the possibility of an afterlife.
    Explaining its significance, Gabriel Zuchtriegel said: “These frescoes have a profoundly religious meaning which, however, was also designed to decorate areas for holding banquets and feasts, rather like when we find a copy of Michelangelo’s Creation of Adam on the wall of an Italian restaurant in New York to create a little bit of atmosphere.
    “Behind these magnificent paintings, which play with illusion and reality, we can observe the signs of a religious crisis that was affecting the ancient world, but we can also grasp the grandeur of a ritual that dates back to an archaic world.”
    He also said the bacchante or maenad, “expressed the wild, untameable side of women,” who “break free from male order to dance freely” and take on traditional male pursuits like hunting.
    Intriguingly, all the figures appear to *** Local Ca

    (c) Dukas

     

  • FEATURE - Aus Forschung und Wissenschaft: 2.000 Jahre alte Fresken in einem grossen Bankettsaal in Pompeji entdeckt
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    FEATURE - Aus Forschung und Wissenschaft: 2.000 Jahre alte Fresken in einem grossen Bankettsaal in Pompeji entdeckt

    **VIDEO AVAILABLE: CONTACT INFO@COVERMG.COM TO RECEIVE**
    A newly discovered fresco in Pompeii is shedding fresh light on the mysterious Dionysiac cults of the ancient world - and how they depicted “wild” women who broke free of the male order.
    More than a century after the famous Villa of the Mysteries was unearthed, archaeologists have revealed a strikingly detailed frieze depicting the procession of Dionysus, the god of wine.
    The nearly life-sized fresco, known as a "megalography" due to its large-scale figures, was found in a grand banqueting room in Insula 10 of Region IX in central Pompeii. It spans three sides of the room, while the fourth side opens onto a garden.
    The vivid artwork portrays bacchantes, or maenads, as both dancers and fierce hunters. Some carry slaughtered kid goats or wield swords while holding the innards of animals. Young satyrs, with their distinctive pointed ears, are shown playing the double flute. At the centre of the frieze stands a mortal woman accompanied by an aged Silenus holding a torch, suggesting her initiation into the Dionysiac mysteries—a cult promising rebirth and the possibility of an afterlife.
    Explaining its significance, Gabriel Zuchtriegel said: “These frescoes have a profoundly religious meaning which, however, was also designed to decorate areas for holding banquets and feasts, rather like when we find a copy of Michelangelo’s Creation of Adam on the wall of an Italian restaurant in New York to create a little bit of atmosphere.
    “Behind these magnificent paintings, which play with illusion and reality, we can observe the signs of a religious crisis that was affecting the ancient world, but we can also grasp the grandeur of a ritual that dates back to an archaic world.”
    He also said the bacchante or maenad, “expressed the wild, untameable side of women,” who “break free from male order to dance freely” and take on traditional male pursuits like hunting.
    Intriguingly, all the figures appear to *** Local Ca

    (c) Dukas

     

  • FEATURE - Aus Forschung und Wissenschaft: 2.000 Jahre alte Fresken in einem grossen Bankettsaal in Pompeji entdeckt
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    FEATURE - Aus Forschung und Wissenschaft: 2.000 Jahre alte Fresken in einem grossen Bankettsaal in Pompeji entdeckt

    **VIDEO AVAILABLE: CONTACT INFO@COVERMG.COM TO RECEIVE**
    A newly discovered fresco in Pompeii is shedding fresh light on the mysterious Dionysiac cults of the ancient world - and how they depicted “wild” women who broke free of the male order.
    More than a century after the famous Villa of the Mysteries was unearthed, archaeologists have revealed a strikingly detailed frieze depicting the procession of Dionysus, the god of wine.
    The nearly life-sized fresco, known as a "megalography" due to its large-scale figures, was found in a grand banqueting room in Insula 10 of Region IX in central Pompeii. It spans three sides of the room, while the fourth side opens onto a garden.
    The vivid artwork portrays bacchantes, or maenads, as both dancers and fierce hunters. Some carry slaughtered kid goats or wield swords while holding the innards of animals. Young satyrs, with their distinctive pointed ears, are shown playing the double flute. At the centre of the frieze stands a mortal woman accompanied by an aged Silenus holding a torch, suggesting her initiation into the Dionysiac mysteries—a cult promising rebirth and the possibility of an afterlife.
    Explaining its significance, Gabriel Zuchtriegel said: “These frescoes have a profoundly religious meaning which, however, was also designed to decorate areas for holding banquets and feasts, rather like when we find a copy of Michelangelo’s Creation of Adam on the wall of an Italian restaurant in New York to create a little bit of atmosphere.
    “Behind these magnificent paintings, which play with illusion and reality, we can observe the signs of a religious crisis that was affecting the ancient world, but we can also grasp the grandeur of a ritual that dates back to an archaic world.”
    He also said the bacchante or maenad, “expressed the wild, untameable side of women,” who “break free from male order to dance freely” and take on traditional male pursuits like hunting.
    Intriguingly, all the figures appear to *** Local Ca

    (c) Dukas

     

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    FEATURE - Aus Forschung und Wissenschaft: 2.000 Jahre alte Fresken in einem grossen Bankettsaal in Pompeji entdeckt

    **VIDEO AVAILABLE: CONTACT INFO@COVERMG.COM TO RECEIVE**
    A newly discovered fresco in Pompeii is shedding fresh light on the mysterious Dionysiac cults of the ancient world - and how they depicted “wild” women who broke free of the male order.
    More than a century after the famous Villa of the Mysteries was unearthed, archaeologists have revealed a strikingly detailed frieze depicting the procession of Dionysus, the god of wine.
    The nearly life-sized fresco, known as a "megalography" due to its large-scale figures, was found in a grand banqueting room in Insula 10 of Region IX in central Pompeii. It spans three sides of the room, while the fourth side opens onto a garden.
    The vivid artwork portrays bacchantes, or maenads, as both dancers and fierce hunters. Some carry slaughtered kid goats or wield swords while holding the innards of animals. Young satyrs, with their distinctive pointed ears, are shown playing the double flute. At the centre of the frieze stands a mortal woman accompanied by an aged Silenus holding a torch, suggesting her initiation into the Dionysiac mysteries—a cult promising rebirth and the possibility of an afterlife.
    Explaining its significance, Gabriel Zuchtriegel said: “These frescoes have a profoundly religious meaning which, however, was also designed to decorate areas for holding banquets and feasts, rather like when we find a copy of Michelangelo’s Creation of Adam on the wall of an Italian restaurant in New York to create a little bit of atmosphere.
    “Behind these magnificent paintings, which play with illusion and reality, we can observe the signs of a religious crisis that was affecting the ancient world, but we can also grasp the grandeur of a ritual that dates back to an archaic world.”
    He also said the bacchante or maenad, “expressed the wild, untameable side of women,” who “break free from male order to dance freely” and take on traditional male pursuits like hunting.
    Intriguingly, all the figures appear to *** Local Ca

    (c) Dukas

     

  • FEATURE - Aus Forschung und Wissenschaft: 2.000 Jahre alte Fresken in einem grossen Bankettsaal in Pompeji entdeckt
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    FEATURE - Aus Forschung und Wissenschaft: 2.000 Jahre alte Fresken in einem grossen Bankettsaal in Pompeji entdeckt

    **VIDEO AVAILABLE: CONTACT INFO@COVERMG.COM TO RECEIVE**
    A newly discovered fresco in Pompeii is shedding fresh light on the mysterious Dionysiac cults of the ancient world - and how they depicted “wild” women who broke free of the male order.
    More than a century after the famous Villa of the Mysteries was unearthed, archaeologists have revealed a strikingly detailed frieze depicting the procession of Dionysus, the god of wine.
    The nearly life-sized fresco, known as a "megalography" due to its large-scale figures, was found in a grand banqueting room in Insula 10 of Region IX in central Pompeii. It spans three sides of the room, while the fourth side opens onto a garden.
    The vivid artwork portrays bacchantes, or maenads, as both dancers and fierce hunters. Some carry slaughtered kid goats or wield swords while holding the innards of animals. Young satyrs, with their distinctive pointed ears, are shown playing the double flute. At the centre of the frieze stands a mortal woman accompanied by an aged Silenus holding a torch, suggesting her initiation into the Dionysiac mysteries—a cult promising rebirth and the possibility of an afterlife.
    Explaining its significance, Gabriel Zuchtriegel said: “These frescoes have a profoundly religious meaning which, however, was also designed to decorate areas for holding banquets and feasts, rather like when we find a copy of Michelangelo’s Creation of Adam on the wall of an Italian restaurant in New York to create a little bit of atmosphere.
    “Behind these magnificent paintings, which play with illusion and reality, we can observe the signs of a religious crisis that was affecting the ancient world, but we can also grasp the grandeur of a ritual that dates back to an archaic world.”
    He also said the bacchante or maenad, “expressed the wild, untameable side of women,” who “break free from male order to dance freely” and take on traditional male pursuits like hunting.
    Intriguingly, all the figures appear to *** Local Ca

    (c) Dukas

     

  • FEATURE - Aus Forschung und Wissenschaft: 2.000 Jahre alte Fresken in einem grossen Bankettsaal in Pompeji entdeckt
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    FEATURE - Aus Forschung und Wissenschaft: 2.000 Jahre alte Fresken in einem grossen Bankettsaal in Pompeji entdeckt

    **VIDEO AVAILABLE: CONTACT INFO@COVERMG.COM TO RECEIVE**
    A newly discovered fresco in Pompeii is shedding fresh light on the mysterious Dionysiac cults of the ancient world - and how they depicted “wild” women who broke free of the male order.
    More than a century after the famous Villa of the Mysteries was unearthed, archaeologists have revealed a strikingly detailed frieze depicting the procession of Dionysus, the god of wine.
    The nearly life-sized fresco, known as a "megalography" due to its large-scale figures, was found in a grand banqueting room in Insula 10 of Region IX in central Pompeii. It spans three sides of the room, while the fourth side opens onto a garden.
    The vivid artwork portrays bacchantes, or maenads, as both dancers and fierce hunters. Some carry slaughtered kid goats or wield swords while holding the innards of animals. Young satyrs, with their distinctive pointed ears, are shown playing the double flute. At the centre of the frieze stands a mortal woman accompanied by an aged Silenus holding a torch, suggesting her initiation into the Dionysiac mysteries—a cult promising rebirth and the possibility of an afterlife.
    Explaining its significance, Gabriel Zuchtriegel said: “These frescoes have a profoundly religious meaning which, however, was also designed to decorate areas for holding banquets and feasts, rather like when we find a copy of Michelangelo’s Creation of Adam on the wall of an Italian restaurant in New York to create a little bit of atmosphere.
    “Behind these magnificent paintings, which play with illusion and reality, we can observe the signs of a religious crisis that was affecting the ancient world, but we can also grasp the grandeur of a ritual that dates back to an archaic world.”
    He also said the bacchante or maenad, “expressed the wild, untameable side of women,” who “break free from male order to dance freely” and take on traditional male pursuits like hunting.
    Intriguingly, all the figures appear to *** Local Ca

    (c) Dukas

     

  • FEATURE - Aus Forschung und Wissenschaft: 2.000 Jahre alte Fresken in einem grossen Bankettsaal in Pompeji entdeckt
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    FEATURE - Aus Forschung und Wissenschaft: 2.000 Jahre alte Fresken in einem grossen Bankettsaal in Pompeji entdeckt

    **VIDEO AVAILABLE: CONTACT INFO@COVERMG.COM TO RECEIVE**
    A newly discovered fresco in Pompeii is shedding fresh light on the mysterious Dionysiac cults of the ancient world - and how they depicted “wild” women who broke free of the male order.
    More than a century after the famous Villa of the Mysteries was unearthed, archaeologists have revealed a strikingly detailed frieze depicting the procession of Dionysus, the god of wine.
    The nearly life-sized fresco, known as a "megalography" due to its large-scale figures, was found in a grand banqueting room in Insula 10 of Region IX in central Pompeii. It spans three sides of the room, while the fourth side opens onto a garden.
    The vivid artwork portrays bacchantes, or maenads, as both dancers and fierce hunters. Some carry slaughtered kid goats or wield swords while holding the innards of animals. Young satyrs, with their distinctive pointed ears, are shown playing the double flute. At the centre of the frieze stands a mortal woman accompanied by an aged Silenus holding a torch, suggesting her initiation into the Dionysiac mysteries—a cult promising rebirth and the possibility of an afterlife.
    Explaining its significance, Gabriel Zuchtriegel said: “These frescoes have a profoundly religious meaning which, however, was also designed to decorate areas for holding banquets and feasts, rather like when we find a copy of Michelangelo’s Creation of Adam on the wall of an Italian restaurant in New York to create a little bit of atmosphere.
    “Behind these magnificent paintings, which play with illusion and reality, we can observe the signs of a religious crisis that was affecting the ancient world, but we can also grasp the grandeur of a ritual that dates back to an archaic world.”
    He also said the bacchante or maenad, “expressed the wild, untameable side of women,” who “break free from male order to dance freely” and take on traditional male pursuits like hunting.
    Intriguingly, all the figures appear to *** Local Ca

    (c) Dukas

     

  • FEATURE - Aus Forschung und Wissenschaft: 2.000 Jahre alte Fresken in einem grossen Bankettsaal in Pompeji entdeckt
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    FEATURE - Aus Forschung und Wissenschaft: 2.000 Jahre alte Fresken in einem grossen Bankettsaal in Pompeji entdeckt

    **VIDEO AVAILABLE: CONTACT INFO@COVERMG.COM TO RECEIVE**
    A newly discovered fresco in Pompeii is shedding fresh light on the mysterious Dionysiac cults of the ancient world - and how they depicted “wild” women who broke free of the male order.
    More than a century after the famous Villa of the Mysteries was unearthed, archaeologists have revealed a strikingly detailed frieze depicting the procession of Dionysus, the god of wine.
    The nearly life-sized fresco, known as a "megalography" due to its large-scale figures, was found in a grand banqueting room in Insula 10 of Region IX in central Pompeii. It spans three sides of the room, while the fourth side opens onto a garden.
    The vivid artwork portrays bacchantes, or maenads, as both dancers and fierce hunters. Some carry slaughtered kid goats or wield swords while holding the innards of animals. Young satyrs, with their distinctive pointed ears, are shown playing the double flute. At the centre of the frieze stands a mortal woman accompanied by an aged Silenus holding a torch, suggesting her initiation into the Dionysiac mysteries—a cult promising rebirth and the possibility of an afterlife.
    Explaining its significance, Gabriel Zuchtriegel said: “These frescoes have a profoundly religious meaning which, however, was also designed to decorate areas for holding banquets and feasts, rather like when we find a copy of Michelangelo’s Creation of Adam on the wall of an Italian restaurant in New York to create a little bit of atmosphere.
    “Behind these magnificent paintings, which play with illusion and reality, we can observe the signs of a religious crisis that was affecting the ancient world, but we can also grasp the grandeur of a ritual that dates back to an archaic world.”
    He also said the bacchante or maenad, “expressed the wild, untameable side of women,” who “break free from male order to dance freely” and take on traditional male pursuits like hunting.
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