House of the Vettii Fresco, Pompeii, Italy, 2023
A fresco from the House of the Vettii, reopened in 2023 after a twenty-year restoration. The colors are still vivid after two millennia under ash. Roman painting almost entirely vanished from history — this room is part of why Pompeii matters. © Unknown 1st century CE Roman artist; original photograph by Johannes Eber, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons

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