Pompeii excavation reveals colourful scene
The site features paintings of bulls, as well as garden scenes of delicate birds, trees and snakes.
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Archaeologists have uncovered a new treasure in the ruins of Pompeii: a richly painted garden scene in the shrine area of a home that had been buried following the explosion of Mount Vesuvius in 79AD.
The ANSA news agency said it was given exclusive access to the site, known as a lararium.
![An archaeologist works behind a wall bearing frescos of animals in a house discovered during excavation works in Pompeii](http://content.assets.pressassociation.io/2018/10/05162326/7f377d9d-472f-45fe-bf3c-d0147d2dec02.jpg)
In ancient Roman times, lararia were altar spaces at the entrances of homes of the well-to-do where offerings and prayers were made to the gods.
Photos of the site show blood-red walls and paintings of bulls, as well as garden scenes of delicate birds, trees and snakes.
![A fresco of a bird](http://content.assets.pressassociation.io/2018/10/05162408/751aa0a9-e3c8-4188-ab83-a975b9aa4aec.jpg)
ANSA quoted the head of the Pompeii archaeological site, Massimo Osanna, describing the discovery as a “marvellous and enigmatic room that now must be studied at length”.