Editing Fresco (section)

===Classical antiquity===
[[File:The so-called Sappho portrait, Pompeii (AD 45-79).jpg|thumb|upright=0.9|Fresco of "[[Sappho]]" from [[Pompeii]], {{Circa|50 CE}}]]

Frescoes were also painted in [[ancient Greece]], but few of these works have survived. In southern Italy, at [[Paestum]], which was a [[Greek colony]] of the [[Magna Graecia]], a tomb containing frescoes dating back to 470 BC, the so-called [[Tomb of the Diver]], was discovered in June 1968. These frescoes depict scenes of the life and society of ancient Greece, and constitute valuable historical testimonials. One shows a group of men reclining at a [[symposium]], while another shows a young man diving into the sea. [[Etruscan art|Etruscan]] frescoes, dating from the 4th century BC, have been found in the [[Tomb of Orcus]] near [[Veii]], Italy.
[[File:Kazanluk 1.jpg|thumb|right|[[Thracian Tomb of Kazanlak]] frescoes, 4th century BC]]
The richly decorated [[Thracians|Thracian]] frescoes of the [[Thracian Tomb of Kazanlak|Tomb of Kazanlak]] are dating back to 4th century BC, making it a [[UNESCO]] protected [[World Heritage Site]].
[[File:Thrace-ostrusha.jpg|250px|thumb|right|View of a woman's face in the central chamber of the [[Ostrusha mound]] built in the 4th century BC in [[Bulgaria]]]]
[[Roman Empire|Roman]] wall paintings, such as those at the magnificent Villa dei Misteri (1st century BC) in the ruins of [[Pompeii]], and others at [[Herculaneum]], were completed in ''buon fresco.''

Roman (Christian) frescoes from the 1st to 2nd centuries AD were found in catacombs beneath Rome, and Byzantine icons were also found in [[Cyprus]], [[Crete]], [[Ephesus]], [[Cappadocia]], and [[Antioch]]. Roman frescoes were done by the artist painting the artwork on the still damp plaster of the wall, so that the painting is part of the wall, actually colored plaster.

Also a historical collection of Ancient Christian frescoes can be found in the [[Churches of Göreme]].