Pompeii reopens Villa of the Mysteries
(AGI) Pompeii, March 20 - One of Pompeii's best preserved andmost famous sites, the Villa of the Mysteries, has beenreopened after two years of restoration work. Discoveredpartially in 1909-1910 and completely in 1929-1930 by AmedeoMaiuri, the villa is an extraordinary treasure house of AncientRome's paintings: the vibrantly colourful frescoes and dazzlingmosaics throughout its 70 rooms have regained their originalsplendour thanks to the efforts of specialists and theuniversities of Bologna, Kiel, and Naples' Suor OrsolaBenincasa, who worked under superintendent Massimo Osanna. Thevilla changed purpose with its various owners, starting as a