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The water gushed through gaps in the roof, running down the frescoes on the facade and onto the icons inside.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 18, 2026

From the scaffolding, restorers have been meticulously filling in damaged portions of the frescoes and conservatively layering paint over bare sections with delicate brushes, their hands protected by gloves.

From Barron's • Jun. 12, 2026

Even the prosecutor touring a buried villa that’s become a crime scene, illegally stripped of its frescoes, bemoans what’s been lost when thieves rob a people of their ancestors’ memories.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 13, 2026

She examined frescoes, illuminated manuscripts, hagiographies, and letters, uncovering materials that had been misdated or wrongly attributed.

From Science Daily • Feb. 2, 2026

The monks, Babi said, painted beautiful frescoes along the walls and roofs of their caves.

From "A Thousand Splendid Suns" by Khaled Hosseini