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  • El Jem. Tunisia. View of a Roman mosaic dating from the late 2nd century AD housed in the archaeological museum.  It depicts Rape of Ganymede the Trojan prince who was very handsome and was raped by the eagle of Zeus and transported to Olympus, Seasons, and pairs of masks and scenes of mythology: Satyrs and Nymphs and Zeus transformed into a swab to seduce Leda. Sollertiana domus. The archaeological museum houses a sumptuous collection of 2nd and 3rd century mosaics that originate from the town’s former Roman villas and from the amphitheatre.
    Tunisia_El_Jem_Museum_059.tif
  • El Jem. Tunisia. View of a Roman mosaic dating from the late 2nd century AD housed in the archaeological museum.  It depicts Rape of Ganymede the Trojan prince who was very handsome and was raped by the eagle of Zeus and transported to Olympus, Seasons, and pairs of masks and scenes of mythology: Satyrs and Nymphs and Zeus transformed into a swab to seduce Leda. Sollertiana domus. The archaeological museum houses a sumptuous collection of 2nd and 3rd century mosaics that originate from the town’s former Roman villas and from the amphitheatre.
    Tunisia_El_Jem_Museum_029.tif
  • El Jem. Tunisia. View of a large Roman mosaic from the Silenus on the donkey room in the archaeological museum. The archaeological museum houses a sumptuous collection of 2nd and 3rd century mosaics that originate from the town’s former Roman villas and from the amphitheatre.
    Tunisia_El_Jem_Museum_017.tif
  • El Jem. Tunisia. View of long hall or room in the archaeological museum that has numerous very large Roman mosaics hanging on the walls and laying on the floor. The archaeological museum houses a sumptuous collection of 2nd and 3rd century mosaics that originate from the town’s former Roman villas and from the amphitheatre.
    Tunisia_El_Jem_Museum_007.tif
  • El Jem. Tunisia. View of a large Roman mosaic dating from the 2nd half of the 3rd century AD housed in the archaeological museum. It depicts the nine Muses with their attributes: Clio muse of history; Uranie muse of astronomy; Melpomene, tragedy; Thalie, comedy; Terpsichore, dancing; Calliope, the epic poetry; Erato, love poerty; Polymnie presiding over religious songs and rhetoric; Euterpe the lyric poetry and music.. Maison des Mois. The archaeological museum houses a sumptuous collection of 2nd and 3rd century mosaics that originate from the town’s former Roman villas and from the amphitheatre.
    Tunisia_El_Jem_Museum_064.tif
  • El Jem. Tunisia. View of a Roman period funerary stone housed in the archaeological museum. The archaeological museum houses a sumptuous collection of 2nd and 3rd century mosaics that originate from the town’s former Roman villas and from the amphitheatre.
    Tunisia_El_Jem_Museum_034.tif
  • El Jem. Tunisia. View of a large Roman mosaic dating from the First half of 3rd century AD housed in the archaeological museum. It depicts Silenus, as an old bald and bearded man, Dionysus holding the thyrse, Satyrs and Bacchantes. In the corners, the four seasons of which only winter and spring remain. Maison du Paon. The archaeological museum houses a sumptuous collection of 2nd and 3rd century mosaics that originate from the town’s former Roman villas and from the amphitheatre.
    Tunisia_El_Jem_Museum_024.tif
  • El Jem. Tunisia. View of a room in the archaeological museum that has numerous Roman mosaics hanging on the walls. The archaeological museum houses a sumptuous collection of 2nd and 3rd century mosaics that originate from the town’s former Roman villas and from the amphitheatre.
    Tunisia_El_Jem_Museum_021.tif
  • El Jem. Tunisia. View of a large Roman mosaic in the archaeological museum. The archaeological museum houses a sumptuous collection of 2nd and 3rd century mosaics that originate from the town’s former Roman villas and from the amphitheatre.
    Tunisia_El_Jem_Museum_020.tif
  • El Jem. Tunisia. View of a Roman mosaic dating from 2nd century AD housed in the archaeological museum. It depicts birds and pigmies busy with various wildflowers. The archaeological museum houses a sumptuous collection of 2nd and 3rd century mosaics that originate from the town’s former Roman villas and from the amphitheatre.
    Tunisia_El_Jem_Museum_012.tif
  • El Jem. Tunisia. View of a Roman mosaic dating from the early 2nd century AD housed in the archaeological museum. It depicts three scenes with Apollo enticing Chrysothemis of Hermes, Apollo enticing Cyrene and Apollo punishing Daphne. The archaeological museum houses a sumptuous collection of 2nd and 3rd century mosaics that originate from the town’s former Roman villas and from the amphitheatre.
    Tunisia_El_Jem_Museum_011.tif
  • El Jem. Tunisia. View of long hall or room in the archaeological museum that has numerous very large Roman mosaics hanging on the walls and laying on the floor. The archaeological museum houses a sumptuous collection of 2nd and 3rd century mosaics that originate from the town’s former Roman villas and from the amphitheatre.
    Tunisia_El_Jem_Museum_008.tif
  • El Jem. Tunisia. View of room in the archaeological museum that has numerous very large Roman mosaics hanging on the walls and laying on the floor. The archaeological museum houses a sumptuous collection of 2nd and 3rd century mosaics that originate from the town’s former Roman villas and from the amphitheatre.
    Tunisia_El_Jem_Museum_067.tif
  • El Jem. Tunisia. View of a Roman mosaic dating from early 3rd century AD housed in the archaeological museum. It depicts: Eight octagons bordered with plaits of two strands representing crowns. Each represents animals fighting. A crescent at the end of the pole is reproduced on two crowns representing a lion against an onager and a lioness against an antelope: Two banderols are attached to the crescents. The eighth octagon is destroyed. This show was organised by the Telegenii whose emblem can be seen in the two crowns. Cour de la ferme de Haj Ferjani Kaecem. The archaeological museum houses a sumptuous collection of 2nd and 3rd century mosaics that originate from the town’s former Roman villas and from the amphitheatre.
    Tunisia_El_Jem_Museum_065.tif
  • El Jem. Tunisia. View of a large Roman mosaic dating from the 2nd half of the 3rd century AD housed in the archaeological museum. It depicts the nine Muses with their attributes: Clio muse of history; Uranie muse of astronomy; Melpomene, tragedy; Thalie, comedy; Terpsichore, dancing; Calliope, the epic poetry; Erato, love poerty; Polymnie presiding over religious songs and rhetoric; Euterpe the lyric poetry and music.. Maison des Mois. The archaeological museum houses a sumptuous collection of 2nd and 3rd century mosaics that originate from the town’s former Roman villas and from the amphitheatre.
    Tunisia_El_Jem_Museum_063.tif
  • El Jem. Tunisia. View of a large Roman mosaic in the Dionysiac procession room of the archaeological museum. The archaeological museum houses a sumptuous collection of 2nd and 3rd century mosaics that originate from the town’s former Roman villas and from the amphitheatre.
    Tunisia_El_Jem_Museum_060.tif
  • El Jem. Tunisia. View of a room in the archaeological museum that has Roman mosaics hanging on the walls. The archaeological museum houses a sumptuous collection of 2nd and 3rd century mosaics that originate from the town’s former Roman villas and from the amphitheatre.
    Tunisia_El_Jem_Museum_027.tif
  • El Jem. Tunisia. View of a Roman mosaic dating from the First half of the 3rd century AD housed in the archaeological museum. It depicts a Nymph laying on a sea-horse accompanied by two dolphins. Maison des Dauphins. The archaeological museum houses a sumptuous collection of 2nd and 3rd century mosaics that originate from the town’s former Roman villas and from the amphitheatre.
    Tunisia_El_Jem_Museum_026.tif
  • El Jem. Tunisia. View of a Roman mosaic dating from the end of the 2nd century AD housed in the archaeological museum. It depicts a amphitheatre spectacle: the death sentence to the beasts. Sollertiana domus. The archaeological museum houses a sumptuous collection of 2nd and 3rd century mosaics that originate from the town’s former Roman villas and from the amphitheatre.
    Tunisia_El_Jem_Museum_028.tif
  • El Jem. Tunisia. View of a Roman mosaic dating from the First half of the 3rd century AD housed in the archaeological museum. It depicts a Nymph laying on a sea-horse accompanied by two dolphins. Maison des Dauphins. The archaeological museum houses a sumptuous collection of 2nd and 3rd century mosaics that originate from the town’s former Roman villas and from the amphitheatre.
    Tunisia_El_Jem_Museum_025.tif
  • El Jem. Tunisia. View of a Roman mosaic dating from the first half of the 3rd century AD housed in the archaeological museum. It depicts Angel grape-pickers with panthers. Maison des Dauphins.  The archaeological museum houses a sumptuous collection of 2nd and 3rd century mosaics that originate from the town’s former Roman villas and from the amphitheatre.
    Tunisia_El_Jem_Museum_023.tif
  • El Jem. Tunisia. View of a Roman mosaic dating from the End of 3rd century AD housed in the archaeological museum. The Mosaic is of the owl symbolizing the victory over the envious, on the two sides is the emblem of the Telegenii. Thermes de la Chouette. The archaeological museum houses a sumptuous collection of 2nd and 3rd century mosaics that originate from the town’s former Roman villas and from the amphitheatre.
    Tunisia_El_Jem_Museum_022.tif
  • El Jem. Tunisia. View of a Roman mosaic housed in the archaeological museum. The archaeological museum houses a sumptuous collection of 2nd and 3rd century mosaics that originate from the town’s former Roman villas and from the amphitheatre.
    Tunisia_El_Jem_Museum_010.tif
  • El Jem. Tunisia. View of a Roman mosaic housed in the archaeological museum. The archaeological museum houses a sumptuous collection of 2nd and 3rd century mosaics that originate from the town’s former Roman villas and from the amphitheatre.
    Tunisia_El_Jem_Museum_009.tif
  • El Jem. Tunisia. View of a Roman mosaic dating from middle 2nd century AD housed in the archaeological museum. It depicts two lions destroying a wild boar. Maison de la Procession Dionysiaque.  The archaeological museum houses a sumptuous collection of 2nd and 3rd century mosaics that originate from the town’s former Roman villas and from the amphitheatre.
    Tunisia_El_Jem_Museum_004.tif
  • El Jem. Tunisia. View of a Roman mosaic dating from the 3rd century AD housed in the archaeological museum. It depicts a peacock spreading its tail between two winged angels holding a long candlestick each. Maison du Paon.  The archaeological museum houses a sumptuous collection of 2nd and 3rd century mosaics that originate from the town’s former Roman villas and from the amphitheatre.
    Tunisia_El_Jem_Museum_005.tif
  • El Jem. Tunisia. View of room in the archaeological museum that has numerous very large Roman mosaics hanging on the walls and laying on the floor. The archaeological museum houses a sumptuous collection of 2nd and 3rd century mosaics that originate from the town’s former Roman villas and from the amphitheatre.
    Tunisia_El_Jem_Museum_066.tif
  • El Jem. Tunisia. View of long hall or room in the archaeological museum that has numerous very large Roman mosaics hanging on the walls and laying on the floor. The archaeological museum houses a sumptuous collection of 2nd and 3rd century mosaics that originate from the town’s former Roman villas and from the amphitheatre.
    Tunisia_El_Jem_Museum_061.tif
  • El Jem. Tunisia. View of an arched external hall lined with Roman statues at the archaeological museum. The archaeological museum houses a sumptuous collection of 2nd and 3rd century mosaics that originate from the town’s former Roman villas and from the amphitheatre.
    Tunisia_El_Jem_Museum_033.tif
  • El Jem. Tunisia. View of a room in the archaeological museum that has numerous Roman mosaics hanging on the walls. The archaeological museum houses a sumptuous collection of 2nd and 3rd century mosaics that originate from the town’s former Roman villas and from the amphitheatre.
    Tunisia_El_Jem_Museum_019.tif
  • El Jem. Tunisia. View of a Roman mosaic housed in the archaeological museum. The archaeological museum houses a sumptuous collection of 2nd and 3rd century mosaics that originate from the town’s former Roman villas and from the amphitheatre.
    Tunisia_El_Jem_Museum_006.tif
  • Gortyn. Crete. Greece. View of archaeological excavations near the Temple of Pythian Apollo at the archaeological site of Gortyn. The vast Greco-Roman ruins of Gortyn or Gortys, a former ancient capital of Crete, are scattered among fields and olive groves in the middle of the Messara plain in the prefecture of Iraklio. Crete is Greece’s largest island and the fifth largest island in the Mediterranean.
    Greece_Crete_Gortys_048.tif
  • Gortyn. Crete. Greece. View of archaeological excavations near the Temple of Pythian Apollo at the archaeological site of Gortyn. The vast Greco-Roman ruins of Gortyn or Gortys, a former ancient capital of Crete, are scattered among fields and olive groves in the middle of the Messara plain in the prefecture of Iraklio. Crete is Greece’s largest island and the fifth largest island in the Mediterranean.
    Greece_Crete_Gortys_049.tif
  • Gortyn. Crete. Greece. View of archaeological excavations and diggings near the Temple of Pythian Apollo at the archaeological site of Gortyn. The vast Greco-Roman ruins of Gortyn or Gortys, a former ancient capital of Crete, are scattered among fields and olive groves in the middle of the Messara plain in the prefecture of Iraklio. Crete is Greece’s largest island and the fifth largest island in the Mediterranean.
    Greece_Crete_Gortys_047.tif
  • Archaeological Museum. Ancient Corinth, Peloponnese, Greece.
    Greece_Ancient_Corinth_082.tif
  • Corinth, a Roman colony, exhibition area, Archaeological Museum. Ancient Corinth, Peloponnese, Greece.  The exhibition “Corinth, a Roman colony” includes an important number of sculptures and interesting mosaics from roman villas of the Colonia Laus Iulia Corinthiensis, as well as certain objects – mainly glazed plates – from the Byzantine era of the city, as well as from the Frankish rule.
    Greece_Ancient_Corinth_067.tif
  • El Jem. Tunisia. View of room with a mosaic that depicts a Birth of Venus scene executed in the manner of Botticelli, accompanied by dolphins and fish. The room and mosaic is from the lavish Roman Villa named Maison d’Afrique that has been relocated and rebuilt in its entirety at the archaeological museum.
    Tunisia_El_Jem_Museum_045.tif
  • El Jem. Tunisia. Partial view of the peristyle courtyard of the lavish Roman Villa named Maison d’Afrique that has been relocated and rebuilt in its entirety at the archaeological museum.
    Tunisia_El_Jem_Museum_039.tif
  • El Jem. Tunisia. View of the peristyle courtyard of the lavish Roman Villa named Maison d’Afrique that has been relocated and rebuilt in its entirety at the archaeological museum.
    Tunisia_El_Jem_Museum_035.tif
  • El Jem. Tunisia. View of the small field of excavations next to the lavish Roman Villa named Maison d’Afrique that has been relocated and rebuilt in its entirety at the archaeological museum complex.
    Tunisia_El_Jem_Museum_030.tif
  • Eraclea Minoa. Sicily. Italy. View of some of the excavations and ruins at the archaeological park. Herakleia Minoa was founded in the 6th BC by settlers from the earlier Greek settlement of Selinunte, 60 kilometres away. By the end of the 1st century BC it was totally abandoned.
    Eraclea_Minoa_Sicily_Italy_019.tif
  • Head of Hermes or Perseus, Archaeological Museum. Ancient Corinth, Peloponnese, Greece.  It is a copy of the 5th century BC original, found in the forum, 2nd century AD.
    Greece_Ancient_Corinth_072.tif
  • Corinth, a Roman colony, exhibition area, Archaeological Museum. Ancient Corinth, Peloponnese, Greece.  The exhibition “Corinth, a Roman colony” includes an important number of sculptures and interesting mosaics from roman villas of the Colonia Laus Iulia Corinthiensis, as well as certain objects – mainly glazed plates – from the Byzantine era of the city, as well as from the Frankish rule.
    Greece_Ancient_Corinth_066.tif
  • Corinth, a Roman colony, exhibition area, Archaeological Museum. Ancient Corinth, Peloponnese, Greece.  The exhibition “Corinth, a Roman colony” includes an important number of sculptures and interesting mosaics from roman villas of the Colonia Laus Iulia Corinthiensis, as well as certain objects – mainly glazed plates – from the Byzantine era of the city, as well as from the Frankish rule.
    Greece_Ancient_Corinth_065.tif
  • Statues of Octavian Augustus and his grandsons, Archaeological Museum. Ancient Corinth. Peloponnese. Greece.
    Greece_Ancient_Corinth_009.tif
  • Leptis Magna. Libya. A marble relief from the Arch of Septimius Severus, depicting Diana, Ceres, Selvanu and Apollo and that now sits in the Archaeological Museum on-site.
    Libya_Leptis_Magna_171.tif
  • Leptis Magna. Libya. Marble relief that originally comes from the Arch of Septimius Severus and now sits in the Archaeological Museum on-site.
    Libya_Leptis_Magna_167.tif
  • El Jem. Tunisia. View of the Mosaic of Rome and its provinces. This is an allegory of Rome, presented as Athena Minerva. Around the central character, allegories of the following provinces were identified: Africa, Egypt, Asia, Spain, Sicily, and an unidentified province, due to the vague nature of its attributes. It is Located in the lavish Roman Villa named Maison d’Afrique that has been relocated and rebuilt in its entirety at the archaeological museum.
    Tunisia_El_Jem_Museum_058.tif
  • El Jem. Tunisia. View of a room with the unique mosaic of the Goddess Africa, the first such mosaic discovered in the world. The central character is a woman with a dark complexion, a flattened nose with curly hair, wearing an elephant hide, an attribute which identifies her as the goddess of Africa, provider of wealth and fertility as evidenced by the four seasons bust in each corner of the mosaic. It is Located in the lavish Roman Villa named Maison d’Afrique that has been relocated and rebuilt in its entirety at the archaeological museum.
    Tunisia_El_Jem_Museum_056.tif
  • El Jem. Tunisia. View of room with a mosaic that depicts a Birth of Venus scene executed in the manner of Botticelli, accompanied by dolphins and fish. The room and mosaic is from the lavish Roman Villa named Maison d’Afrique that has been relocated and rebuilt in its entirety at the archaeological museum.
    Tunisia_El_Jem_Museum_052.tif
  • El Jem. Tunisia. View of room with a mosaic that depicts a Birth of Venus scene executed in the manner of Botticelli, accompanied by dolphins and fish. The room and mosaic is from the lavish Roman Villa named Maison d’Afrique that has been relocated and rebuilt in its entirety at the archaeological museum.
    Tunisia_El_Jem_Museum_047.tif
  • El Jem. Tunisia. View of a patterned mosaic external floor at the lavish Roman Villa named Maison d’Afrique that has been relocated and rebuilt in its entirety at the archaeological museum.
    Tunisia_El_Jem_Museum_049.tif
  • El Jem. Tunisia. View of the dining room and its mosaic at the lavish Roman Villa named Maison d’Afrique that has been relocated and rebuilt in its entirety at the archaeological museum.
    Tunisia_El_Jem_Museum_041.tif
  • El Jem. Tunisia. View of the dining room and its mosaic at the lavish Roman Villa named Maison d’Afrique that has been relocated and rebuilt in its entirety at the archaeological museum.
    Tunisia_El_Jem_Museum_042.tif
  • El Jem. Tunisia. Partial view of the peristyle courtyard of the lavish Roman Villa named Maison d’Afrique that has been relocated and rebuilt in its entirety at the archaeological museum.
    Tunisia_El_Jem_Museum_038.tif
  • El Jem. Tunisia. View of an arched external hall lined with Roman statues at the archaeological museum.
    Tunisia_El_Jem_Museum_032.tif
  • Eraclea Minoa. Sicily. Italy. View of some of the excavations and ruins at the archaeological park. Herakleia Minoa was founded in the 6th BC by settlers from the earlier Greek settlement of Selinunte, 60 kilometres away. By the end of the 1st century BC it was totally abandoned.
    Eraclea_Minoa_Sicily_Italy_018.tif
  • Eraclea Minoa. Sicily. Italy. View of some of the excavations and ruins at the archaeological park. Herakleia Minoa was founded in the 6th BC by settlers from the earlier Greek settlement of Selinunte, 60 kilometres away. By the end of the 1st century BC it was totally abandoned.
    Eraclea_Minoa_Sicily_Italy_017.tif
  • Statues of Octavian Augustus and his grandsons, Archaeological Museum. Ancient Corinth. Peloponnese. Greece.
    Greece_Ancient_Corinth_069.tif
  • Corinth, a Roman colony, exhibition area, Archaeological Museum. Ancient Corinth, Peloponnese, Greece.  The exhibition “Corinth, a Roman colony” includes an important number of sculptures and interesting mosaics from roman villas of the Colonia Laus Iulia Corinthiensis, as well as certain objects – mainly glazed plates – from the Byzantine era of the city, as well as from the Frankish rule.
    Greece_Ancient_Corinth_068.tif
  • Leptis Magna. Libya. Marble relief that originally comes from the Arch of Septimius Severus and now sits in the Archaeological Museum on-site.
    Libya_Leptis_Magna_169.tif
  • Leptis Magna. Libya. Marble relief that originally comes from the Arch of Septimius Severus and now sits in the Archaeological Museum on-site. This relief shows Septimius seated, as Jupiter with his wife Julia Domna beside him as Juno.
    Libya_Leptis_Magna_170.tif
  • Leptis Magna. Libya. Marble relief that originally comes from the Arch of Septimius Severus and now sits in the Archaeological Museum on-site.
    Libya_Leptis_Magna_168.tif
  • El Jem. Tunisia. View of the archaeological museums open arched courtyard paved and lined with mosaics.
    Tunisia_El_Jem_Museum_068.tif
  • El Jem. Tunisia. View of long hall or room in the archaeological museum that has numerous very large Roman mosaics hanging on the walls and laying on the floor.
    Tunisia_El_Jem_Museum_062.tif
  • El Jem. Tunisia. View of a room with the unique mosaic of the Goddess Africa, the first such mosaic discovered in the world. The central character is a woman with a dark complexion, a flattened nose with curly hair, wearing an elephant hide, an attribute which identifies her as the goddess of Africa, provider of wealth and fertility as evidenced by the four seasons bust in each corner of the mosaic. It is Located in the lavish Roman Villa named Maison d’Afrique that has been relocated and rebuilt in its entirety at the archaeological museum.
    Tunisia_El_Jem_Museum_054.tif
  • El Jem. Tunisia. View of a room with the unique mosaic of the Goddess Africa, the first such mosaic discovered in the world. The central character is a woman with a dark complexion, a flattened nose with curly hair, wearing an elephant hide, an attribute which identifies her as the goddess of Africa, provider of wealth and fertility as evidenced by the four seasons bust in each corner of the mosaic. It is Located in the lavish Roman Villa named Maison d’Afrique that has been relocated and rebuilt in its entirety at the archaeological museum.
    Tunisia_El_Jem_Museum_055.tif
  • El Jem. Tunisia. View of room with a mosaic that depicts a Birth of Venus scene executed in the manner of Botticelli, accompanied by dolphins and fish. The room and mosaic is from the lavish Roman Villa named Maison d’Afrique that has been relocated and rebuilt in its entirety at the archaeological museum.
    Tunisia_El_Jem_Museum_053.tif
  • El Jem. Tunisia. View of a patterned mosaic external floor at the lavish Roman Villa named Maison d’Afrique that has been relocated and rebuilt in its entirety at the archaeological museum.
    Tunisia_El_Jem_Museum_050.tif
  • El Jem. Tunisia. View of room with a mosaic that depicts a Birth of Venus scene executed in the manner of Botticelli, accompanied by dolphins and fish. The room and mosaic is from the lavish Roman Villa named Maison d’Afrique that has been relocated and rebuilt in its entirety at the archaeological museum.
    Tunisia_El_Jem_Museum_051.tif
  • El Jem. Tunisia. View of a patterned mosaic external floor at the lavish Roman Villa named Maison d’Afrique that has been relocated and rebuilt in its entirety at the archaeological museum.
    Tunisia_El_Jem_Museum_048.tif
  • El Jem. Tunisia. View of room with a mosaic that depicts a Birth of Venus scene executed in the manner of Botticelli, accompanied by dolphins and fish. The room and mosaic is from the lavish Roman Villa named Maison d’Afrique that has been relocated and rebuilt in its entirety at the archaeological museum.
    Tunisia_El_Jem_Museum_046.tif
  • El Jem. Tunisia. View of the dining room and its mosaic at the lavish Roman Villa named Maison d’Afrique that has been relocated and rebuilt in its entirety at the archaeological museum.
    Tunisia_El_Jem_Museum_044.tif
  • El Jem. Tunisia. View of the dining room and its mosaic at the lavish Roman Villa named Maison d’Afrique that has been relocated and rebuilt in its entirety at the archaeological museum.
    Tunisia_El_Jem_Museum_043.tif
  • El Jem. Tunisia. Partial view of the peristyle courtyard of the lavish Roman Villa named Maison d’Afrique that has been relocated and rebuilt in its entirety at the archaeological museum.
    Tunisia_El_Jem_Museum_040.tif
  • El Jem. Tunisia. Partial view of the peristyle courtyard of the lavish Roman Villa named Maison d’Afrique that has been relocated and rebuilt in its entirety at the archaeological museum.
    Tunisia_El_Jem_Museum_037.tif
  • El Jem. Tunisia. View of the peristyle courtyard of the lavish Roman Villa named Maison d’Afrique that has been relocated and rebuilt in its entirety at the archaeological museum.
    Tunisia_El_Jem_Museum_036.tif
  • El Jem. Tunisia. View of a middle of the 2nd century AD stunning Roman mosaic now housed in the museum. It depicts Dionysus riding a lion. Around him, a Bacchante is dancing and playing the tambourine, two satyrs, Silenus is suspended on a camel, a panther and Mystis his nurse. Maison de la Procession Dionysiaque. The archaeological museum houses a sumptuous collection of 2nd and 3rd century mosaics that originate from the town’s former Roman villas and from the amphitheatre.
    Tunisia_El_Jem_Museum_013.tif
  • El Jem. Tunisia. View of a Roman mosaic dating from middle 2nd century AD housed in the archaeological museum. It depicts a tiger attacking two onagers. Maison de la Procession Dionysiaque.
    Tunisia_El_Jem_Museum_014.tif
  • El Jem. Tunisia. View of room in the archaeological museum that has numerous very large Roman mosaics hanging on the walls and laying on the floor.
    Tunisia_El_Jem_Museum_002.tif
  • El Jem. Tunisia. View of a 3rd century AD stunning Roman mosaic now housed in the museum. It depicts a drunken Dionysus being transported on a chariot drawn by a Centaur followed by a Bacchante and a Satyr. It originates from the Maison de Tertulla. The archaeological museum houses a sumptuous collection of 2nd and 3rd century mosaics that originate from the town’s former Roman villas and from the amphitheatre.
    Tunisia_El_Jem_Museum_003.tif
  • El Jem. Tunisia. View of the archaeological museums open arched courtyard paved and lined with mosaics.
    Tunisia_El_Jem_Museum_001.tif
  • Eraclea Minoa. Sicily. Italy. View of some of the excavations and ruins at the archaeological park. Herakleia Minoa was founded in the 6th BC by settlers from the earlier Greek settlement of Selinunte, 60 kilometres away. By the end of the 1st century BC it was totally abandoned.
    Eraclea_Minoa_Sicily_Italy_016.tif
  • El Jem. Tunisia. View of the small field of excavations next to the lavish Roman Villa named Maison d’Afrique that has been relocated and rebuilt in its entirety at the archaeological museum complex.
    Tunisia_El_Jem_Museum_031.tif
  • El Jem. Tunisia. View of a large Roman Dionysian mosaic dating from the late 2nd century / Early 3rd century AD housed in the archaeological museum. In the central panel, the crowing of Dionysus, Silenus drunk carried towards a donkey. The eight medallions represent the childhood of the god and the celebration of his victory. The four rectangle panels are represented by ichthyocentaurs and Nereids. Maison du Silene a l’ane.
    Tunisia_El_Jem_Museum_018.tif
  • El Jem. Tunisia. View of a large Roman mosaic from the Silenus on the donkey room in the archaeological museum.
    Tunisia_El_Jem_Museum_016.tif
  • El Jem. Tunisia. View of Latin stone Inscription dating from the second half of the 3rd century AD in the museum. It says – “The inhabitants of Thysdrus (El Jem) are contented to have enough water in their city”. The archaeological museum houses a sumptuous collection of 2nd and 3rd century mosaics that originate from the town’s former Roman villas and from the amphitheatre.
    Tunisia_El_Jem_Museum_015.tif
  • Greece. Samos. Rear view of the gigantic Kouros on display at the Archaeological Museum in Vathy or Samos town. Found in 1980 to the east of the Heraion, the colossal 4.80 metres high Kouros dates from 580 BC and was built from a single piece of grey veined Samian marble. According to the inscription on its left thigh, the Kouros is dedicated to Goddess Hera by a certain person named Isches. The Kouros is the largest free standing sculpture to have survived from the ancient Greek world
    Greece_Samos_Samos_Town_033.tif
  • Rhodes. Greece. General view of the archaeological site of Ancient Kameiros, set idyllically on the west coast of Rhodes Island. The ancient city was founded by Althaemenes of Crete and was a thriving Classical Greek city during the 5th century BC; however successive earthquakes led to it being finally abandoned and buried by a massive earthquake 142 BC.  Rediscovered in 1859 when villages uncovered a few tombs and the city ruins provide a glimpse of the balance and serenity of urban planning in Hellenistic Greece.
    Greece_Rhodes_Kameiros_006.tif
  • Greece. Samos. Rear view of the gigantic Kouros on display at the Archaeological Museum in Vathy or Samos town. Found in 1980 to the east of the Heraion, the colossal 4.80 metres high Kouros dates from 580 BC and was built from a single piece of grey veined Samian marble. According to the inscription on its left thigh, the Kouros is dedicated to Goddess Hera by a certain person named Isches. The Kouros is the largest free standing sculpture to have survived from the ancient Greek world
    Greece_Samos_Samos_Town_032.tif
  • Greece. Samos. Rear view of the gigantic Kouros on display at the Archaeological Museum in Vathy or Samos town. Found in 1980 to the east of the Heraion, the colossal 4.80 metres high Kouros dates from 580 BC and was built from a single piece of grey veined Samian marble. According to the inscription on its left thigh, the Kouros is dedicated to Goddess Hera by a certain person named Isches. The Kouros is the largest free standing sculpture to have survived from the ancient Greek world
    Greece_Samos_Samos_Town_034.tif
  • Greece. Samos. Front view of the gigantic Kouros on display at the Archaeological Museum in Vathy or Samos town. Found in 1980 to the east of the Heraion, the colossal 4.80 metres high Kouros dates from 580 BC and was built from a single piece of grey veined Samian marble. According to the inscription on its left thigh, the Kouros is dedicated to Goddess Hera by a certain person named Isches. The Kouros is the largest free standing sculpture to have survived from the ancient Greek world
    Greece_Samos_Samos_Town_029.tif
  • Rhodes. Greece. General view of the archaeological site of Ancient Kameiros, set idyllically on the west coast of Rhodes Island. The ancient city was founded by Althaemenes of Crete and was a thriving Classical Greek city during the 5th century BC; however successive earthquakes led to it being finally abandoned and buried by a massive earthquake 142 BC.  Rediscovered in 1859 when villages uncovered a few tombs and the city ruins provide a glimpse of the balance and serenity of urban planning in Hellenistic Greece.
    Greece_Rhodes_Kameiros_009.tif
  • Rhodes. Greece. General view of the archaeological site of Ancient Kameiros, set idyllically on the west coast of Rhodes Island. The ancient city was founded by Althaemenes of Crete and was a thriving Classical Greek city during the 5th century BC; however successive earthquakes led to it being finally abandoned and buried by a massive earthquake 142 BC.  Rediscovered in 1859 when villages uncovered a few tombs and the city ruins provide a glimpse of the balance and serenity of urban planning in Hellenistic Greece.
    Greece_Rhodes_Kameiros_007.tif
  • Rhodes. Greece. General view of the archaeological site of Ancient Kameiros, set idyllically on the west coast of Rhodes Island. The ancient city was founded by Althaemenes of Crete and was a thriving Classical Greek city during the 5th century BC; however successive earthquakes led to it being finally abandoned and buried by a massive earthquake 142 BC.  Rediscovered in 1859 when villages uncovered a few tombs and the city ruins provide a glimpse of the balance and serenity of urban planning in Hellenistic Greece.
    Greece_Rhodes_Kameiros_002.tif
  • Greece. Samos. Front view of the gigantic Kouros on display at the Archaeological Museum in Vathy or Samos town. Found in 1980 to the east of the Heraion, the colossal 4.80 metres high Kouros dates from 580 BC and was built from a single piece of grey veined Samian marble. According to the inscription on its left thigh, the Kouros is dedicated to Goddess Hera by a certain person named Isches. The Kouros is the largest free standing sculpture to have survived from the ancient Greek world
    Greece_Samos_Samos_Town_030.tif
  • Greece. Samos. Ancient Greek inscription on the gigantic Kouros at the Archaeological Museum in Vathy or Samos town. Found in 1980 to the east of the Heraion, the colossal 4.80 metres high Kouros dates from 580 BC and was built from a single piece of grey veined Samian marble. According to the inscription on its left thigh, the Kouros is dedicated to Goddess Hera by a certain person named Isches. The Kouros is the largest free standing sculpture to have survived from the ancient Greek world.
    Greece_Samos_Samos_Town_031.tif
  • Greece. Samos. Front view of the gigantic Kouros on display at the Archaeological Museum in Vathy or Samos town. Found in 1980 to the east of the Heraion, the colossal 4.80 metres high Kouros dates from 580 BC and was built from a single piece of grey veined Samian marble. According to the inscription on its left thigh, the Kouros is dedicated to Goddess Hera by a certain person named Isches. The Kouros is the largest free standing sculpture to have survived from the ancient Greek world
    Greece_Samos_Samos_Town_027.tif
  • Rhodes. Greece. General view of the archaeological site of Ancient Kameiros, set idyllically on the west coast of Rhodes Island. The ancient city was founded by Althaemenes of Crete and was a thriving Classical Greek city during the 5th century BC; however successive earthquakes led to it being finally abandoned and buried by a massive earthquake 142 BC.  Rediscovered in 1859 when villages uncovered a few tombs and the city ruins provide a glimpse of the balance and serenity of urban planning in Hellenistic Greece.
    Greece_Rhodes_Kameiros_008.tif
  • Greece. Samos. Front view of the gigantic Kouros on display at the Archaeological Museum in Vathy or Samos town. Found in 1980 to the east of the Heraion, the colossal 4.80 metres high Kouros dates from 580 BC and was built from a single piece of grey veined Samian marble. According to the inscription on its left thigh, the Kouros is dedicated to Goddess Hera by a certain person named Isches. The Kouros is the largest free standing sculpture to have survived from the ancient Greek world
    Greece_Samos_Samos_Town_028.tif
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