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Archaeologists in the ancient Roman city of Pompeii have uncovered a richly decorated but uncommonly small house with finely preserved frescoes of mythological scenes, the site said on Thursday.

Absent of depictions in art or descriptions in literature, Roman dodecahedrons ... and erotic frescoes. Archaeologists uncovered the house in the central district of the ancient city, which ...