Ancient City Collection (page 14)

Mythical landscape at Naples, Roman wallpainting from Pompeii, c1st century

Architectural Fresco, Pompeii, c1st century. Naples Museum

The Centaur Cheiron teaching Achilles, Roman wall-painting from Herculaneum, c1st century. In Greek mythology, Chiron was held to be the wisest and justest of all the centaurs

Bellerophon and Pegasus, Roman Wallpainting from Pompeii, 1st century. Bellerophon was a great hero and slayer of monsters, alongside Cadmus and Perseus, before the days of Heracles

View through Atrium to Peristyle and Gardens. House of the Vettii, Pomepii, Italy, c20th century. Artist: CM Dixon
View through Atrium to Peristyle and Gardens. House of the Vettii, Pomepii, Italy, c20th century. House of the Vettii, Pompeii, is townhouse (domus) located within the ruined ancient city of Pompeii

Ostia Antica, Port of Rome, Italy, c2nd-3rd century, (c20th century). Artist: CM Dixon
Ostia Antica, Port of Rome, Italy, c2nd-3rd century, (c20th century). Theatre built 1st century BC, rebuilt 196. Ostia Antica is a large archeological site, close to the modern suburb of Ostia

Via Decumanus, Ostia Antica, Port of Rome, Italy, c2nd-3rd century, (c20th century). Artist: CM Dixon
Via Decumanus, Ostia Antica, Port of Rome, Italy, c2nd-3rd century, (c20th century). Theatre built 1st century BC, rebuilt 196

Etruscan Tomb-Painting of Man at Altar from Caere, late 6th century BC. Caere (also Caisra and Cisra)larger cities of Southern Etruria

Interior of roman Food-Shop and Bar, Ostia, Italy, c2nd-3rd century. Artist: CM Dixon
Interior of roman Food-Shop and Bar, Ostia, Italy, c2nd-3rd century. Ostia Antica is a large archeological site, close to the modern suburb of Ostia

Ariadne Deserted by Theseus, Roman wall painting from Herculaneum, 1st century. Ariadne on the shores of Naxos. British Museum

Detail of Gold bracelet from Praeneste, Etruscan Jewellery, 7th century BC. The Etruscan civilization is the modern name given to a powerful

Mycenae Interior of Treasury of Atreus, Greece, c1600BC-c1200BC.Tholos Tomb showing cerbillius construction. The Treasury of Atreus or Tomb of Agamemnon is a large tholos tomb on the Panagitsa Hill

Terracotta Idols from House of the Idols, Citadel of Mycenae, Greece, 13th century BC. one of the idols is holding a sword. Mycenae is an archaeological site near Mikines in Greece

Grave-slab from Mycenae, Greece, 16h Century BC. From Shaft-Grave V, Chariot and spirals, held at National Museum Aireus

Hoplites Fighting, detail of a Greek pot, (Hydria), c530-510 BC. Found at Caere. Held in British Museum

Bronze Mycenaean Armour from Dedra, Greece, c16th century BC-c12th century BC. Bronze Cuiras

Trilithon at Stonehenge, 25th century BC
Trilithon at Stonehenge, bearing the Mycenean dagger and axemarks, on the left-hand upright side, 25th century BC

Rillaton Barrow, 24th century BC
Rillaton Barrow, site of discoveries that seem to indicate trading with the Mycenean world, 24th century BC

Interior of the mosque at Acre

Arch in the seawall of Acre

Harbour of Acre

Sea walls near the harbour of Acre

Alley and stairs in Acre

Dye vat in a Punic House, 5th century
Dye vat in a Punic House in Kerkovane, possibly used for murex purple, 5th century

Walls of houses in the Punic town at Kerkovane, 5th century
Walls of houses in the Punic town at Kerkovane, the best preserved Punic town in Africa, discovered in 1952, 5th century

Baths in the Roman city of Bulla Regia, 2nd century BC

Roman city of Bulla Regia, 2nd century BC

Below ground house in the Roman city of Bulla Regia, 2nd century
Below ground house in the Roman city of Bulla Regia. It was built below ground level for protection from summer sun and winter winds, 2nd century

Roman aqueduct in Carthage
Roman aqueduct which supplied water to Carthage, to the west of modern Tunis

Roman mosaic from Bulla Regia, 2nd century BC
Roman mosaic from Bulla Regia, Tunisia, of a man on horseback, 2nd century BC

Punic lion-headed God from Carthage, now at Bardo Museum in Tunis

Baths of Antoninus Pius in Carthage

Baths of Antoninus Pius in Carthage, 2nd century

Floor mosaic from a Roman villa in Carthage of a man with a horse

View of the bay of Tunis, 9th century BC
View of the bay of Tunis, from the Antiquarium, 9th century BC

Bath in a Punic Town, 5th century
A bath in a house in Kerkovane, a Punic town. It is the best preserved in Africa, 5th century

Punic stela of a priest holding a child, from Carthage, now in the Bardo Museum in Tunis

Punic floor mosaic, c. 6th century BC
Floor mosaic in the Punic city and port of Utica, c.6th century BC

Punic townhouse and Dye Vats, 5th century
Possible dye vats for purple from murex in a Punic house in Kerkovane, the best preserved Punic town in Africa, 5th century

Detail of a Mycenaean fresco showing a wild boar hunt

Mycenaean Warrior Vase, 12th century
Mycenaean Warrior Vase, from the National Museums collection in Athens, 12th century

Detail of inlay on a Mycenaean bronze dagger showing a lion hunt, 16th century
Detail of inlay in gold, niello and electrum, on a Mycenaean bronze dagger showing a lion hunt. It was discovered in shaft grave IV at Mycenae, by Schliemann in 1876

Interior of the Mycenaean palace-fortress at Tiryns in Greece, 13th century BC
Interior of the Mycenaean palace-fortress at Tiryns in Greece, in the gable-roofed galleries, used as a storage chamber, 13th century BC

Interior of the Mycenaean Treasury of Atreus, a Tholos Tomb

Detail of a Mycenaean pot, 13th century BC
Detail of a Mycenaean pot found in Cyprus, from the British Museums collection, 13th century BC

Detail of a bronze stand, 17th century BC
Detail of a bronze stand from Curion, Cyprus, from the British Museums collection, 17th century BC

The Ram in a Thicket, from Ur, southern Iraq, c2600-c2400 BC
Detail of the Ram in a Thicket, from Ur, southern Iraq, c2600-c2400 BC. One of an almost identical pair discovered by Leonard Woolley in the Great Death Pit

The house of Neptune and Amphitrite in Herculaneum, 1st century
The house of Neptune and Amphitrite in Herculaneum, an excavated Roman town which was buried by Vesuvius in 79 AD

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