A fresco in the House of the Bicentenary as it reopened to the public after a 30-year restoration project, at the ancient archaeological site of Herculaneum in Italy. Photo: Reuters
One of the best preserved Roman houses at Herculaneum reopened recently after more than 30 years, its exquisite wall paintings brought back to life thanks to a revolutionary new technique.
The three-storey House of the Bicentenary is perhaps the most beautiful noble house so far excavated from under the pyroclastic flow that entombed Herculaneum in the devastating 79 AD eruption of Mount Vesuvius that also destroyed nearby Pompeii.
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