So did the fresco: It was plastered over in 1566, when the entire room was whitewashed, perhaps because that style of painting was no longer appreciated, Popple said. As for the convent ...

The wall painting, which is nearly life-size ... DNA analysis reveals The only other example of a large fresco depicting the Dionysian rites was discovered in 1909 in a house in the suburbs ...

The only other known example of a large fresco depicting Dionysian rituals was discovered in 1909 in a suburban villa in Pompeii, known as the Villa of Mysteries. While that painting also features ...