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| The frescos depict Greek mythology:Paris kidnaps Helen, triggering the Trojan War |
Frescos have been uncovered in a new excavation at Pompeii, the ancient Roman city buried in an eruption from Mount Vesuvius in AD79. A wide residential and commercial block, known as "Region 9", is being cleared of several metres of overlying pumice and ash thrown out by Vesuvius almost 2,000 years ago.
Mythical Greek figures such as Helen of Troy are depicted on the high black walls of a large banqueting hall. The room's near-complete mosaic floor incorporates more than a million individual white tiles.
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| The black banquet room is the latest treasure to emerge from the excavation |
(A new series, Pompeii: The New Dig, begins on Monday 15 April on BBC Two and BBC iPlayer.)
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