Italy: archaeologists put fresco in Pompeii free

father of all gods, Zeus, fell in love with When he used a List to be his beloved close. The king's daughter Leda he seduced, for example, in the form of a Swan and impregnated her. The result of the Liaison of the gods, Helena and Pollux were, so it is told, at least in the Greek mythology.

Now archaeologists in the ancient city of Pompeii, came across a fresco, the exactly this scene shows. The scene was "full of sensuality," say the archaeologists of the archaeological site. The myth of Zeus and Leda, had been in Pompeii is very popular. The subject is graced accordingly, several house walls.

The recently discovered painting Matbet shows a naked Leda sitting with the Swan on her lap, and once decorated, apparently, the bedroom of a house.

The city of Pompeii on the South-Western edge of Naples, was buried together with several neighboring places in the eruption of Vesuvius, prior to 1939, the years under ash and is largely conserved. What was for the inhabitants of a tragedy, has become for a long time, later, archaeologists. The Unesco world heritage site, attracts every year millions of tourists.

The excavations in Pompeii began in the 18th century. Century, but even today there is to discover still New. This year, archaeologists skeletons found several human as well as the almost complete Remains of a horse. Inscriptions also suggests that the volcano erupted near Naples, two months later than previously thought.

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