Cumae

Aeneas had been told by the prophet Helenus as soon as he reached the Italian land to seek the cave of the Sibyl of Cumae, a woman of deep wisdom, who could foretell the future and would advise him what to do.

Researchers from the Jean Berard Centre in Naples and the Collège de France in Paris were exploring a Roman-era necropolis at the Cumae site when they discovered the naked figure painted on the wall of a tomb.

It is located in the city of Cumae, which was a major ancient Greek colony on the Italian mainland.

Cumae, which is 15 miles west of Naples, later became a Roman city.

They also plan to look for a rumoured aqueduct beneath the nearby ancient city of Cumae.