Images Dated 1st August 2005 (page 4)

Netsuke carved in the form of a rat, one of the 12 animals of the Japanese zodiac. A netsuke is a fastening for attaching a pouch for carrying personal items (inro) to the sash of a kimono

Carpenters, Japanese, c1860. Ivory carving of three carpenters and their tools

Children at play, Japanese painting, 18th century. A group of five children seated around a mat playing, reading and writing. From the British Museum, London

A seated dignitary, Japanese painting. Painting of a man seated in the lotus position. From the Museum of Asian Art, Corfu, Greece

Printmakers, Japanese
Print-makers, Japanese. Japanese print depicting printmakers at work. From the Museum of Asian Art, Corfu, Greece

Dice painter, Japanese, c1860. Bone carving

Figure of a Samurai warrior, Japanese. From the Museum of Asian Art, Corfu, Greece

Figure of Aizen Myo-o, a Buddhist adibuddha, Japanese. Aizen is one of the five Myo-o (Sanskrit: Vidyarajas), Kings of Light

Head of a Haniwa tomb figure, Japanese, Kofun period, 6th century

Roman mosaic in the Nymphaeum of the House, Herculaneum, Italy

Roman wallpainting of Daedalus, Pasiphae and the Bull, Herculaneum, Italy

House of the Stags, Herculaneum, Italy; interior of the Roman villa

House of the Stags, Herculaneum, Italy; garden of the Roman villa

The House of the Stags, Herculaneum, Italy; exterior of the Roman villa

Interior garden-room in the House of Neptune, Herculaneum, Italy

Roman mosaic of Neptune and Amphitrite, Herculaneum, Italy
Roman mosaic of Neptune and Amphitrite (sometimes Neptune and his wife Salacia rather than the sea-nymph Amphitrite), Herculaneum, Italy

Wall decoration in a house in the Roman town of Herculaneum, Italy

The Shrine of the Augustales, Herculaneum, Italy

The Shrine of the Augustales (dedicated to deified emperors including Augustus), Herculaneum, Italy

A Roman snack-bar, Herculaneum, Italy, 1st century
Roman food shop with its thermopolium (marble counter with sunken terracotta storage jars called dolia to hold hot or cold food), Herculaneum, Italy, 1st century

Buildings of Herculaneum with houses of the modern town of Ercolano above, Italy
Buildings of the Roman town of Herculaneum: with houses of the modern town of Ercolano above, Italy

Paved street in the Roman town of Herculaneum, Italy

Casa a Graticcio, Herculaneum, Italy: facade of the Roman house

View down Cardo IV (street) from the balcony of the Casa a Graticcio, Herculaneum, Italy

Garden in the courtyard of the Roman Villa, the House of the Stags, Herculaneum, Italy

Courtyard at the Roman Villa, the House of the Stags, Herculaneum, Italy

Roman huses of Herculaneum with the modern houses of Ercolano above, Italy

Roman houses of Herculaneum with the modern houses of Ercolano above, Italy

Roman wallpainting from Villa of the Mysteries, Pompeii, Italy, 1st century. Detail illustrates the rites of initiation of brides into the cult of Dionysus

Plaster Cast of a victim of the eruption of Vesuvius at Pompeii, Italy
Plaster cast of a victim of the eruption of Vesuvius at Pompeii, Italy

Mercury on a fountain in a street, Pompeii, Italy

Wine-press in a house in Pompeii, Italy

Street of the Tombs on the edge of Pompeii, Italy

Sacrifice of an ox, Temple of Vespasian, Pompeii, Italy, 1st century
Roman sacrifice of an ox on the altar dedicated to the Impeial Cult in the Temple of Vespasian, Pompeii, Italy, 1st century

Colomns of the colonnade round the Forum, Pompeii, Italy

Decoration on the jamb of the dooway of the Building of Eumachia in the Forum, Pompeii, Italy
Vine-scroll decoration on the jamb of the dooway of the Building of Eumachia in the Forum, Pompeii, Italy

Doorway of the Building of Eumachia in the Forum, Pompeii, Italy

Columns of the Colonnade round the Forum, Pompeii, Italy. The doorway beyond is the doorway of the Building of Eumachia

Columns of the Colonnade round the Forumdanc, Pompeii, Italy

The Capitol from the Forum with Vesuvius beyond, Pompeii, Italy

Arch of Caligula with Vesuvius beyond, Pompeii, Italy

Road leading to Arch of Caligula with Vesuvius beyond, Pompeii, Italy

A street and houses, Pompeii, Italy

A Pompeii street with Vesuvius in the distance, Italy

A street in the Roman town of Pompeii, Italy. Note the stepping-stones with spaces for the wheels of carts at a pedestrian crossing

The Temple of Apollo, Pompeii, Italy. The bronze statue of Apollo in front and Mount Vesuvius in the distance

Roman wallpainting of Achilles hiding in Scyros, the House of the Dioscuri, Pompeii
Roman wallpainting of Achilles hiding in Scyros (Greek island) revealed by Diomedes and Odysseus. From the House of the Dioscuri, Pompeii

Roman wallpainting of Cupid, Venus and Mars, Pompeii, Italy

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