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    Pompeii dig unearths fighting fresco in 'gladiators' tavern'

    Well-preserved find on wall beneath stairwell is latest discovery at Regio V site
    by Angela Giuffrida in Rome Oct 11, 2019 1 minute
    A detail from the fresco of two gladiators fighting that was found at a site north of Pompeii’s archaeological park. Photograph: Italian Culture Ministry Handout/EPA

    A well-preserved fresco depicting fighting gladiators has been unearthed by archaeologists in the ancient Roman city of Pompeii.

    The scene is of the end of a fight between two types of gladiator – a murmillo and a Thracian – where one wins and the other succumbs.

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