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Hidden painting is discovered at Pompeii after 2,000 years: Stunning fresco depicting Helen of Troy is revealed during excavations at the ancient Roman city

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Nearly 2,000 years since it was buried by volcanic rubble, the lost city of Pompeii is yielding even more astonishing discoveries.

Archeologists have uncovered remarkably preserved ‘fresco’ paintings on a wall at a former private residence along Via di Nola, one of Pompeii’s longest streets. 

One of the stunning artworks depicts Helen of Troy, a beautiful woman in Greek mythology, meeting Paris, prince of Troy, for the first time. 

According to legend, the resulting elopement between the two sparked the 

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Britain’s poshest beach huts installed by Fortnum & Mason that promise an ‘al fresco feast to remember’ are smashed by storm just a week after opening

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Britain’s poshest beach huts, installed by luxury retailer Fortnum & Mason, have been ruined by a storm just days after opening.

The trio of high-end huts were unveiled last week at Watergate Bay, Cornwall, with guests offered an ‘al fresco feast to remember’ by chef Emily Scott.

But the now lie in ruins after an ‘unexpected storm’ at high tide battered the wooden structures, causing ‘significant but cosmetic damage’, said Fortnum & Mason. 

The swish shacks, painted in the retailer’s

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Fresco von Scotto wird mit Sitzgelegenheiten auf dem Bürgersteig wiedereröffnet

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Dieses Nachbarschaftsrestaurant, das von Marion Scotto zusammen mit ihren Kindern Elaina Scotto, Rosanna Scotto und Anthony Scotto Jr. betrieben wird, hat seine Pandemiepause gut überstanden. (Es war letzten Herbst nur kurz für Mahlzeiten im Freien geöffnet.) Es ist kein typischer lokaler Ort – es ist seit 1993 ein Magnet in Midtown Manhattan für die Welten des Fernsehens, der Mode, der Wirtschaft und der Politik – und dass es wieder viel los ist, ist ein gesundes Zeichen.

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