Rome - Italian police have unearthed the hidden cache of a group of grave robbers, recovering ancient Roman marble reliefs depicting stunningly lifelike gladiators locked in mortal combat ...

Archaeologists are piecing together vivid 1,800-year-old frescoes from “thousands upon thousands upon thousands” of plaster fragments, with no picture on the box to guide them.

Some fragments imitate high-status wall tiles, such as red Egyptian porphyry – a crystal-speckled volcanic stone – framing the elaborate veins of African giallo antico – a yellow marble. Inspiration ...

Yellow panel designs were scarce in the Roman period, and repeating yellow panels found ... framing the elaborate veins of African giallo antico – a yellow marble. Inspiration for the wall decorations ...

Yellow panel designs were scarce in the Roman period, and repeating yellow panels found at the site in Southwark ... a yellow marble. Inspiration for the wall decorations was taken from other ...

It is believed the frescoes once decorated at least 20 internal walls of a high-status Roman building between AD 40 and 150.