A man holding a wine jug and a vase is just one of many figures
depicted in a 2,200-year-old mural of a banquet that's decorating a
newly discovered tomb in Italy.
The painted tomb — discovered in the ancient city of Cumae — is a prize
find. But its style was surprisingly retro at the time it was painted,
between the second and third centuries B.C., said the archeologists who
found it.
In fact, murals like this one were in vogue about 100 to 200 years
earlier, making it quite "unfashionable" for its time, the
archaeologists
said in a statement. [
Photos: Mysterious Ancient Tomb in Amphipolis]