Excavation work at Pompeii has revealed a fresco of the Greek hero Theseus abandoning Ariadne while she sleeps, the latest in a series of stunning finds at the buried Roman city. Perfectly preserved since Pompeii was buried in ash by the eruption of Mount Vesuvius in 79AD, the fresco of Theseus depicts him leaving Ariadne after she helps him kill the Minotaur — half man, half bull — on Crete.
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