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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...

Children with goose and grape, small bronze statues, House of the Vettii, Pompeii. 1 st CE
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Children with goose and grape, small bronze statues, House of the Vettii, Pompei...

Fresco with African animals, House of the Lararium (10-04-04/59), Pompeii
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Fresco with African animals, House of the Lararium (10-04-04/59), Pompeii

Saint Menas, a semi-legendary Egyptian soldier martyred in the 3rd century. The two camels are associated with his life story. Marble Inv. B 4
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Saint Menas, a semi-legendary Egyptian soldier martyred in the 3rd century. The...

Fish with cross, from the Coptic cemetery at Ermant, Egypt.Limestone MA 3034
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Fish with cross, from the Coptic cemetery at Ermant, Egypt.Limestone...

Triumph of Neptune and Amphitrite,from Constantine, Algeria. Early 7th Inv.1880
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Triumph of Neptune and Amphitrite,from Constantine, Algeria. Early 7th...

Phoenix on a pattern of roses. Mosaic from Daphnis near Antiochia,late 5th CE, Marble and limestone,600 x 425 cm INV.3442
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Phoenix on a pattern of roses. Mosaic from Daphnis near Antiochia,late...

Egyptian God Horus as a knight,killing a crocodile, symbol of evil. 4th CE. Limestone E 4850
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Egyptian God Horus as a knight,killing a crocodile, symbol of evil. 4th CE....

Wild boar.Bought by the Borghese family from the Della Porta Collection in 1796.Specialists today doubt the antiquity of the grey marble sculpture.The Della Portas were a family of sculptors,renown for their restorations.Grey marble,H:108 cm. Ma 1353
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Wild boar.Bought by the Borghese family from the Della Porta Collection i...