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Monsters

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Mythological Animals

MYTHOLOGICAL ANIMALS

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The peristyle of the Temple of Bacchus, Baalbek,Lebanon Baalbek was lavishly provided with temples by the later Roman emperors, from Antoninus Pius (138-151 CE) to Caracalla (212-217 CE).
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The peristyle of the Temple of Bacchus, Baalbek,Lebanon Baalbek was lavishly pro...

Altar of the Artemis Temple (2nd half 4th BCE). West view of the foundations.
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Altar of the Artemis Temple (2nd half 4th BCE). West view of the foundat...

Column of the Artemis Temple. Interior row of columns Late Classical Period, 5th BCE.
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Column of the Artemis Temple. Interior row of columns...

Gate of Herakles in the street of the Kuretes. In the background statue of C. Memmius (late 1st BCE) Ephesus, Turkey
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Gate of Herakles in the street of the Kuretes. In the background statue...

Fancy dragon. Detail of the Big Game Hunt, mosaic in the ambulatory of the Villa del Casale, Piazza Armerina, Sicily, Italy (3rd-4th CE).
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Fancy dragon. Detail of the Big Game Hunt, mosaic in the ambulatory of the...

Laokoon mosaic,from the Villa del Casale,Sicily, Italy,3rd-4th CE.
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Laokoon mosaic,from the Villa del Casale,Sicily, Italy,3rd-4th CE.

Temple of the Dioscuri on the Forum in Rome. Only three columns remain. Erected 484 BCE in memory of the aid of the Dioscuri Castor and Pollux, twin sons of Zeus, in Rome's battle against Latins and Tarquinians in 496 BCE.
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Temple of the Dioscuri on the Forum in Rome. Only three columns remai...

Lacus Juturnae on the Forum in Rome, spring of the goddess Juturna where Castor and Pollux watered their horses after the battle of Lake Regillus against Latins and Tarquinians in 496 BCE.
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Lacus Juturnae on the Forum in Rome, spring of the goddess Juturna w...

Casts from Trajan's column in Rome.Roman legionaries set fire to a Dacian city. On the walls impaled heads.
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Casts from Trajan's column in Rome.Roman legionaries set fire to a Dacian cit...

Sphinx,rose granite,from Tanis,Egypt. The inscriptions are from various pharaos,from Sheshonk,Meremptah,and Amenemhat II. 480 x 154 x 183 cm A 23
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Sphinx,rose granite,from Tanis,Egypt. The inscriptions are fro...

Fragment of the beard of the Great Spinx (New Kingdom, 14th BCE?). Part of the plaited, "divine" type of beard, depicted on gods and the dead, rather than kings and the living. The beard was probably added during restoration work in the 18th dynasty (1550-1295 Mill.BCE) and fell off in antiquity. EA, 58
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Fragment of the beard of the Great Spinx (New Kingdom, 14th BCE?). Part of the...

Sphinx with proto-Sinaitic inscriptions, from Serabit el-Khadim, Sinai, Middle Kingdom, around 1800 BCE. The semi-precious stone turquoise was extracted here from the Middle Kingdom onwards. Hathor, the goddess associated with turquoise, is named in the hieroglyphic inscription on the right shoulder. The proto-sinaitic inscription includes a similar name, the inscriptions are therefore bilingial, like the Rosetta stone. EA 41748
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Sphinx with proto-Sinaitic inscriptions, from Serabit el-Khadim, Sinai, Middle K...