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Cocks fighting in front of a small mensa, a table. From Pompeii.
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Cocks fighting in front of a small mensa, a table. From Pompeii.

Skull, symbol of death, surrounded by symbolic objects: a butterfly for flying time, a wheel of fortune, a level as a sign that all are made level by death. From the triclinium of the Bottega, Pompeii 15,2 Inv.109982
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Skull, symbol of death, surrounded by symbolic objects: a butterfly for flying t...

Dionysos as a child, on the back of a tiger, a garland with leaves and theatrical masks. From the House of the Faun, Pompeii VI 12,2
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Dionysos as a child, on the back of a tiger, a garland with leaves an...

Nautic scene, marine life, from the House of the Faun, Pompeii VI 12,2. Details see 11-01-03/25,26. Inv.9900
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Nautic scene, marine life, from the House of the Faun, Pompeii VI 12,2. Details...

Battle between Alexander the Great and King Dareios Probably a replica of a painting by Philoxeilos of Emtrea (4th BCE).Alexander is the bareheaded man (left) Dareios on his chariot (right).Scene could be Issos or Gaugamela.House of the Faun,Pompeii VI 12,2 Inv.10020
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Battle between Alexander the Great and King Dareios Probably a replica of a pain...

Two youths fighting a centaur, monochrome on marble. From Pompeii.
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Two youths fighting a centaur, monochrome on marble. From Pompeii.

Herakles finds his son Telephos in Arcadia. Detail:Telephos nursed by a doe. From the Basilica in Herculaneum,Italy. Inv. 9008
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Herakles finds his son Telephos in Arcadia. Detail:Telephos nursed b...

Chiron, the wise centaur, tutor of gods and heroes, teaches Achilles to play the lyre. From the Basilica at Herculaneum. Inv.9109
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Chiron, the wise centaur, tutor of gods and heroes, teaches Achilles to play...

Perseus frees Andromeda. Perseus, the head of the Medusa in his hand, helps Andromeda step down from the rock to which she was chained, to be devoured by the monster, which lies dead at left. From the House of the Dioscuri,Pompeii VI 9,6. Inv.8998
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Perseus frees Andromeda. Perseus, the head of the Medusa in his hand, help...

Ibis, the sacred bird of the Isis-cult, with lotus flowers on its head and ears of corn in its beak. From the Ekkleasiasterion, the Isis Temple at Pompeii.
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Ibis, the sacred bird of the Isis-cult, with lotus flowers on its head and...

Ceremony of the cult of Isis; priests with typical fringed tunics holding sistra; a priest fans the flames on a garlanded altar. Two sacred ibis-birds in the foreground. From Herculaneum. Fourth style, 80 x 85 cm Inv. 8924
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Ceremony of the cult of Isis; priests with typical fringed tunics holding s...

Altar of Vespasian, Temple of Vespasian (69-79 CE), Pompeii. The relief shows a sacrificial scene: the sacrificer and his aide bring the sacrificial bull, while the priest, a veil over his head, pours the libation over a tripod.
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Altar of Vespasian, Temple of Vespasian (69-79 CE), Pompeii. The relief show...