Pompeii discovery: New dig finds ancient paintings in the city ruins | Newsround

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Amazing art has been discovered in the ruins of a house in Pompeii, an ancient Roman city.

These frescos - paintings done on fresh plaster so that they set to the wall - show figures from Greek myths like Helen of Troy.

Gabriel Zuctrica, director of Pompeii archaeological park, believes they would have been used by the owner and guests of the house to tell stories together in the evening.

He says that the shimmering light of the lamps would have made it look like "the paintings were almost coming to life".

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