Recently Discovered Fresco Goes on View to the Public in Pompeii
A significant work excavated in Pompeii last year is going on public view for the first time in the ancient city. The Guardian reports that the “well-preserved” fresco depicting the Greek myth of Leda and the swan was discovered during excavations of an area of the archaeological park called Regio V. The domus in which the fresco is situated and the Via del Vesuvio, where the townhouse is located, have reopened.
The story of Leda and the swan was a fairly ubiquitous subject for dwell
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