Italy, Pompeii. Villa of the Mysteries. Ancient Roman suburban Villa. Frescoes depicting a bride initiating into a Bacchian Mysteries in preparation for marriage, 1st century AD. Detail.

1ST CENTURY A. D. • 1ST CENTURY AD • 1ST CENTURY • ADOLESCENCE • ADOLESCENT • ANCIENT AGE • ANCIENT ROMAN • ANCIENT ROMANS • ANCIENT ROME • ANCIENT WORLD • ANTIGUEDAD • ANTIQUITIES • ANTIQUITY • ARCANUM • ARCHITECTURE: HALL • ART • ARTFORM: FRESCO • BACCHIAN MYSTERIES • BETROTHAL • BOY • BRIDAL • BRIDE • BUILDING • BUILDING. • BUILDINGS • CAMPANIA • CEREMONY • CHILD • CONSTRUCTION • CONTRACTION OF MARRIAGE • CULT • DECOR • DECORATION • DECORATIONS • DECORATIVE • DIONYSIAN RITE • DIONYSIAN • EDIFICIO • EDIFICIOS • EUROPA • EUROPE • EUROPEA • EUROPEAN • EUROPEANS • FEMALE • FEMALES • FIRST CENTURY • FRESCO • FRESCOES • FRESH • HALL • HAMLET • HERITAGE SITE • HISTORIA UNIVERSAL • HISTORIA • HISTORY • HISTORY. • INDOOR • INITIATING • INITIATION • INSIDE VIEW • INSIDE • INTERIOR • INTERIORS • ITALIA • ITALIAN • ITALY • JUVENILE • MANOR HOUSE • MANSION • MARRIAGE CEREMONY • MARRIAGE • MATRON • MATRONA • MUJER • MURAL PAINTING • MURAL • MUSIC HISTORY • MUSIC • MUSICAL INSTRUMENT • MUSICAL INSTRUMENT: ALL • MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS • MYSTERY CULTS • MYSTERY PLAY • MYSTERY • MYTHOLOGICAL • MYTHOLOGY • NOBLEWOMAN • OFFERING • ORNAMENT • ORNAMENTATION • ORNAMENTS • PAINT • PAINTING • PAINTINGS • PLAYING MUSICAL INSTRUMENT • POMPEIAN FRESCO • POMPEIAN STYLE • POMPEIAN • POMPEII • PRÉPARATION • PRIESTESS • RELIGION • RELIGIOUS RITE • RESIDENCE • RITE • RITUAL • ROMAN EMPIRE • ROMAN ERA • ROMAN PERIOD • ROMAN RELIGION • ROMAN SOCIETY • ROMAN TIMES • ROMAN • ROMANO • ROMANS • ROME ANCIENT • ROOM • SACRIFICE • SACRIFICES • SATYR • SCENE • SECRET • SERF • SERVANT • SILENUS • STAGE • SUBURBAN • TEENAGER • THEATER • THEATRE • TRICLINIUM • TRICLINIUM, ROMAN DINING • UNESCO WORLD HERITAGE SITE • UNESCO • VILLA OF MYSTERIES • VILLA OF THE MYSTERIES • VILLA • WALL PAINTING • WALLPAINTING • WATER • WEDDING • WEDDINGS • WOMAN'S • WOMAN • WOMAN. • WOMANS • WOMEN'S • WOMEN • WOMENS • WORLD HERITAGE SITE • YOUNG PERSON • YOUNG • YOUTH