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A restorer works on a detail of the "Casti Amanti" (Chaste Lovers) in a Roman villa at Pompeii

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Video. 'Vivid' frescoes emerge from Ancient Roman villa in Pompeii

Updated: 13/02/2026 - 15:39 GMT+1

Amid the remains of a villa near Pompeii, a hard-hatted conservationist scrapes away centuries-old ash to reveal a red fresco. For the first time, visitors will be able to see the renovations at Villa Poppaea, a pleasure palace of Ancient Rome destroyed by the eruption of Vesuvius in 79 AD.

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