Images Dated 29th December 2012

Fragment of a sarcophagus. About 270 AD

Roman art. Fragment of a sarcophagus. About 270 AD. The lion hunt is a symbol of great bravery (lion and front part of the horse are casts from originals in Milan, Chapel Hill). Glyptothek. Munich. Germany

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Bust of Faustina the Younger (130 A?i? 175) . Wife of the e

Annia Galeria Faustina Minor, Faustina Minor or Faustina the Younger (130 A?i? 175) . Was a daughter of Roman Emperor Antoninus Pius and Roman Empress Faustina the Elder. She was a Roman Empress and wife to her maternal cousin Roman Emperor Marcus Aurelius. Bust. Glyptothek. Munich. Germany

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Sculpture. The ancient torso (Artemis statue). Was restored

Artemis. Goddes of the Hunt. Daughter of Zeus and sister of Apollo. Roman equivalent is Diana. The ancient torso (roman sculpture after an Artemis statue of the 4th century BC) was restored by Bertel Thorvaldsen as Ceres, goddess or fertility

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