Among the many interesting discoveries from Pompeii and Herculaneum are the frescoes that graced the walls of the 1st century homes. They reveal a mastery of painting that would have been largely lost to us were it not for the preservation of these amazing 1st century AD towns. In fact, two frescoes from Pompeii actually depict artists (both women) in the process of painting portraits. One is the cover photo for this post; the other (below) is even more well-preserved. Artists had been experimenting with various pigments for centuries, and the Egyptians......