Steven Sklifas - Writer Photographer

  • Home
  • Galleries
    • All Galleries
    • Search
    • Cart
    • Lightbox
    • Client Area
  • Blog
  • services
  • Writing
  • Contact
  • About
  • Facebook
  • Twitter
x

Search Results

Refine Search
Match all words
Match any word
Prints
Personal Use
Royalty-Free
Rights-Managed
(leave unchecked to
search all images)
Next
105 images found
twitterlinkedinfacebook

Loading ()...

  • Thebes. Egypt. Sun light illuminates the colonnade at the Mortuary Temple of Hatshepsut at Deir al-Bahri which was built for Queen Hatshepsut who reined Ancient Egypt during the 18th dynasty (circa 1458 BC).
    Egypt_Temple_of_Hatshepsut_032.tif
  • Thebes. Egypt. The Mortuary Temple of Hatshepsut at Deir al-Bahri was built for Queen Hatshepsut who ruled Ancient Egypt during the 18th dynasty (circa 1458 BC).
    Egypt_Temple_of_Hatshepsut_011.tif
  • Thebes. Egypt. Colourful relief at the Temple of Queen Hatshepsut.
    Egypt_Temple_of_Hatshepsut_047.tif
  • Thebes. Egypt. Colourful relief at the Temple of Queen Hatshepsut.
    Egypt_Temple_of_Hatshepsut_045.tif
  • Thebes. Egypt. Colourful relief at the Temple of Queen Hatshepsut.
    Egypt_Temple_of_Hatshepsut_042.tif
  • Thebes. Egypt. View of the desert plain from The Mortuary Temple of Hatshepsut at Deir al-Bahri.
    Egypt_Temple_of_Hatshepsut_031.tif
  • Thebes. Egypt. The face of Hapshepsut at The Mortuary Temple of Hatshepsut at Deir al-Bahri.
    Egypt_Temple_of_Hatshepsut_030.tif
  • Thebes. Egypt. Sanctuary of Amun at the Mortuary Temple of Hatshepsut at Deir al-Bahri.
    Egypt_Temple_of_Hatshepsut_023.tif
  • Thebes. Egypt. Stone vultures guard the upper terrace entrance to the Mortuary Temple of Hatshepsut at Deir al-Bahri.
    Egypt_Temple_of_Hatshepsut_017.tif
  • Thebes. Egypt. The Mortuary Temple of Hatshepsut at Deir al-Bahri was built for Queen Hatshepsut who ruled Ancient Egypt during the 18th dynasty (circa 1458 BC).
    Egypt_Temple_of_Hatshepsut_009.tif
  • Thebes. Egypt. The Mortuary Temple of Hatshepsut at Deir al-Bahri was built for Queen Hatshepsut who ruled Ancient Egypt during the 18th dynasty (circa 1458 BC).
    Egypt_Temple_of_Hatshepsut_008.tif
  • Thebes. Egypt. The Mortuary Temple of Hatshepsut at Deir al-Bahri was built for Queen Hatshepsut who ruled Ancient Egypt during the 18th dynasty (circa 1458 BC).
    Egypt_Temple_of_Hatshepsut_006.tif
  • Thebes. Egypt. The Mortuary Temple of Hatshepsut at Deir al-Bahri was built for Queen Hatshepsut who ruled Ancient Egypt during the 18th dynasty (circa 1458 BC).
    Egypt_Temple_of_Hatshepsut_001.tif
  • Egypt. Tree roots at the Mortuary of Queen Hapshepsut that were brought to Egypt from her expedition to the Land of Punt (Eritrea or Somalia).
    Egypt_Temple_of_Hatshepsut_050.tif
  • Thebes. Egypt. Relief at the Temple of Queen Hatshepsut
    Egypt_Temple_of_Hatshepsut_049.tif
  • Thebes. Egypt. Temple of Queen Hatshepsut relief including the Anhk, the  symbol of eternal life.
    Egypt_Temple_of_Hatshepsut_048.tif
  • Thebes. Egypt. Colourful relief at the Temple of Queen Hatshepsut.
    Egypt_Temple_of_Hatshepsut_046.tif
  • Thebes. Egypt. Colourful relief at the Temple of Queen Hatshepsut.
    Egypt_Temple_of_Hatshepsut_043.tif
  • Thebes. Egypt. Colourful relief at the Temple of Queen Hatshepsut.
    Egypt_Temple_of_Hatshepsut_044.tif
  • Thebes. Egypt. Relief showing the goddess Hathor in the form of a cow licking the hand of Hatshepsut at theTemple of Queen Hatshepsut.
    Egypt_Temple_of_Hatshepsut_041.tif
  • Thebes. Egypt. Colourful reilef Temple of Queen Hatshepsut showing Amun, the chief god of Thebes, before a table of offerings.
    Egypt_Temple_of_Hatshepsut_039.tif
  • Thebes. Egypt. Colourful reilef Temple of Queen Hatshepsut showing Amun, the chief god of Thebes, before a table of offerings.
    Egypt_Temple_of_Hatshepsut_040.tif
  • Thebes. Egypt. Capital of the God Hathor at the Temple of Queen Hatshepsut.
    Egypt_Temple_of_Hatshepsut_037.tif
  • Thebes. Egypt. Colourful relief at the Temple of Queen Hatshepsut
    Egypt_Temple_of_Hatshepsut_038.tif
  • Thebes. Egypt. Capital of the God Hathor at the Temple of Queen Hatshepsut.
    Egypt_Temple_of_Hatshepsut_036.tif
  • Thebes. Egypt. View of the desert plain from The Mortuary Temple of Hatshepsut at Deir al-Bahri.
    Egypt_Temple_of_Hatshepsut_034.tif
  • Thebes. Egypt. Colonnade at the Mortuary Temple of Hatshepsut at Deir al-Bahri which was built for Queen Hatshepsut who reined Ancient Egypt during the 18th dynasty (circa 1458 BC).
    Egypt_Temple_of_Hatshepsut_035.tif
  • Thebes. Egypt. Sun light illuminates the colonnade at the Mortuary Temple of Hatshepsut at Deir al-Bahri which was built for Queen Hatshepsut who reined Ancient Egypt during the 18th dynasty (circa 1458 BC).
    Egypt_Temple_of_Hatshepsut_033.tif
  • Thebes. Egypt. The face of Hapshepsut at The Mortuary Temple of Hatshepsut at Deir al-Bahri.
    Egypt_Temple_of_Hatshepsut_029.tif
  • Thebes. Egypt. Statues of Hapshepsut in the upper terrace of the Mortuary Temple of Hatshepsut at Deir al-Bahri.
    Egypt_Temple_of_Hatshepsut_027.tif
  • Thebes. Egypt. Statues of Hapshepsut in the upper terrace of the Mortuary Temple of Hatshepsut at Deir al-Bahri.
    Egypt_Temple_of_Hatshepsut_025.tif
  • Thebes. Egypt. Statues of Hapshepsut in the upper terrace of the Mortuary Temple of Hatshepsut at Deir al-Bahri.
    Egypt_Temple_of_Hatshepsut_026.tif
  • Thebes. Egypt. Statues of Hapshepsut in the upper terrace of the Mortuary Temple of Hatshepsut at Deir al-Bahri.
    Egypt_Temple_of_Hatshepsut_024.tif
  • Thebes. Egypt. Statues of Hapshepsut in the upper terrace of the Mortuary Temple of Hatshepsut at Deir al-Bahri.
    Egypt_Temple_of_Hatshepsut_022.tif
  • Thebes. Egypt. Stone vultures guard the upper terrace entrance to the Mortuary Temple of Hatshepsut at Deir al-Bahri.
    Egypt_Temple_of_Hatshepsut_020.tif
  • Thebes. Egypt. Statues of Hapshepsut in the upper terrace of the Mortuary Temple of Hatshepsut at Deir al-Bahri.
    Egypt_Temple_of_Hatshepsut_021.tif
  • Thebes. Egypt. Stone vultures guard the upper terrace entrance to the Mortuary Temple of Hatshepsut at Deir al-Bahri.
    Egypt_Temple_of_Hatshepsut_019.tif
  • Thebes. Egypt. Stone vultures guard the upper terrace entrance to the Mortuary Temple of Hatshepsut at Deir al-Bahri.
    Egypt_Temple_of_Hatshepsut_018.tif
  • Thebes. Egypt. The Mortuary Temple of Hatshepsut at Deir al-Bahri was built for Queen Hatshepsut who ruled Ancient Egypt during the 18th dynasty (circa 1458 BC).
    Egypt_Temple_of_Hatshepsut_016.tif
  • Thebes. Egypt. The Mortuary Temple of Hatshepsut at Deir al-Bahri was built for Queen Hatshepsut who ruled Ancient Egypt during the 18th dynasty (circa 1458 BC).
    Egypt_Temple_of_Hatshepsut_015.tif
  • Thebes. Egypt. The Mortuary Temple of Hatshepsut at Deir al-Bahri was built for Queen Hatshepsut who ruled Ancient Egypt during the 18th dynasty (circa 1458 BC).
    Egypt_Temple_of_Hatshepsut_012.tif
  • Thebes. Egypt. The Mortuary Temple of Hatshepsut at Deir al-Bahri was built for Queen Hatshepsut who ruled Ancient Egypt during the 18th dynasty (circa 1458 BC).
    Egypt_Temple_of_Hatshepsut_010.tif
  • Thebes. Egypt. The Mortuary Temple of Hatshepsut at Deir al-Bahri was built for Queen Hatshepsut who ruled Ancient Egypt during the 18th dynasty (circa 1458 BC).
    Egypt_Temple_of_Hatshepsut_007.tif
  • Thebes. Egypt. The Mortuary Temple of Hatshepsut at Deir al-Bahri was built for Queen Hatshepsut who ruled Ancient Egypt during the 18th dynasty (circa 1458 BC).
    Egypt_Temple_of_Hatshepsut_005.tif
  • Thebes. Egypt. Statues of Hapshepsut in the upper terrace of the Mortuary Temple of Hatshepsut at Deir al-Bahri.
    Egypt_Temple_of_Hatshepsut_004.tif
  • Thebes. Egypt. Temple of Queen Hatshepsut colourful relief showing a festival scene with soldiers runing forward carrying branches of trees along with their axes.
    Egypt_Temple_of_Hatshepsut_002.tif
  • Thebes. Egypt. Colourful relief at the Temple of Queen Hatshepsut.
    Egypt_Temple_of_Hatshepsut_003.tif
  • Thebes. Egypt. Statues of Hapshepsut in the upper terrace of the Mortuary Temple of Hatshepsut at Deir al-Bahri.
    Egypt_Temple_of_Hatshepsut_028.tif
  • Thebes. Egypt. The Mortuary Temple of Hatshepsut at Deir al-Bahri was built for Queen Hatshepsut who ruled Ancient Egypt during the 18th dynasty (circa 1458 BC).
    Egypt_Temple_of_Hatshepsut_014.tif
  • Thebes. Egypt. The Mortuary Temple of Hatshepsut at Deir al-Bahri was built for Queen Hatshepsut who ruled Ancient Egypt during the 18th dynasty (circa 1458 BC).
    Egypt_Temple_of_Hatshepsut_013.tif
  • Classical type statue of a female figure in a private garden. Rome, Italy.
    Quirinale_Hill_Rome_Italy_010.tif
  • Sabratha. Libya. View of a headless but beautifully sculptured and draped marble statue of a female figure overlooking the sea beside the Seaward baths.
    Libya_Sabratha_056.tif
  • Sabratha. Libya. View of a headless but beautifully sculptured and draped marble statue of a female figure overlooking the sea beside the Seaward baths.
    Libya_Sabratha_053.tif
  • Sabratha. Libya. View of a headless but beautifully sculptured and draped marble statue of a female figure overlooking the sea beside the Seaward baths.
    Libya_Sabratha_052.tif
  • Sabratha. Libya. View of a headless but beautifully sculptured and draped marble statue of a female figure overlooking the sea beside the Seaward baths.
    Libya_Sabratha_002.tif
  • Sabratha. Libya. View of a headless but beautifully sculptured and draped marble statue of a female figure overlooking the sea beside the Seaward baths.
    Libya_Sabratha_057.tif
  • Sabratha. Libya. View of a headless but beautifully sculptured and draped marble statue of a female figure overlooking the sea beside the Seaward baths.
    Libya_Sabratha_055.tif
  • Sabratha. Libya. View of a headless but beautifully sculptured and draped marble statue of a female figure overlooking the sea beside the Seaward baths.
    Libya_Sabratha_054.tif
  • Thessaloniki. Macedonia. Greece.  View of a nude female fountain sculpture at the sea front Chanth Park. Cosmopolitan Thessaloniki was founded in 315BC in the heart of Macedonia and the 2nd largest city in Greece.
    Greece-Thessaloniki-020.TIF
  • Rome. Italy. View of the Edicola della musa (Kiosk of the Muse)shrine monument at the Villa Borghese Gardens, the second largest public park in Rome. Dating from 1842, the monument depicts a female muse statute and was flanked by two female statues, now disappeared. The park which is in the heart of Rome is one of Europe’s most elegant parks and features a lake, temples, fountains, statues, small zoo and several museums. It’s a pleasure to walk or bike through its leafy lanes and watch Romans and tourists at play or relaxing and escape the hectic streets of Rome
    Villa_Borghese_Gardens_Rome_Italy_08...tif
  • Rome. Italy. View of the Edicola della musa (Kiosk of the Muse)shrine monument at the Villa Borghese Gardens, the second largest public park in Rome. Dating from 1842, the monument depicts a female muse statute and was flanked by two female statues, now disappeared. The park which is in the heart of Rome is one of Europe’s most elegant parks and features a lake, temples, fountains, statues, small zoo and several museums. It’s a pleasure to walk or bike through its leafy lanes and watch Romans and tourists at play or relaxing and escape the hectic streets of Rome
    Villa_Borghese_Gardens_Rome_Italy_08...tif
  • Painted tomb of Massimo Pallottino which dates from the end of the 5th century BC, Etruscan Necropolis Tarquinia Italy. Discovered in 1962, the tomb is named after Prominent Etruscologist Massimo Pallottino. Consisting of a single chamber, the tomb’s ceiling is decorated with a dark red outline of central and lateral beams. Depicted on the back wall is a dancing harpist, a female dancer and male dancer holding Kylix in his right hand. On the side walls are figures of male and female dancers in small wood.
    Tarquinia_Italy_049.tif
  • Painted tomb of Massimo Pallottino which dates from the end of the 5th century BC, Etruscan Necropolis Tarquinia Italy. Discovered in 1962, the tomb is named after Prominent Etruscologist Massimo Pallottino. Consisting of a single chamber, the tomb’s ceiling is decorated with a dark red outline of central and lateral beams. Depicted on the back wall is a dancing harpist, a female dancer and male dancer holding Kylix in his right hand. On the side walls are figures of male and female dancers in small wood.
    Tarquinia_Italy_009.tif
  • Early Christian era tomb with a skeleton of an elderly female at the Sanctuary of Zeus, Nemea, Peloponnese, Greece. The tomb dates from the 6th century AD and is a typical burial of the period with the body placed with the head at the west, looking east. In a simple stone slab lined grave. The slabs at the rear are still in place; those on top of the modern roof were originally placed over the body. The Skelton is of a female, 60-70 years of age, who had borne at least two children and who suffered from osteoporosis and arteriosclerosis.
    Greece_Nemea_Ancient_101.tif
  • Rome. Italy. View of the Edicola della musa (Kiosk of the Muse)shrine monument at the Villa Borghese Gardens, the second largest public park in Rome. Dating from 1842, the monument depicts a female muse statute and was flanked by two female statues, now disappeared. The park which is in the heart of Rome is one of Europe’s most elegant parks and features a lake, temples, fountains, statues, small zoo and several museums. It’s a pleasure to walk or bike through its leafy lanes and watch Romans and tourists at play or relaxing and escape the hectic streets of Rome
    Villa_Borghese_Gardens_Rome_Italy_08...tif
  • Rome. Italy. View of the Edicola della musa (Kiosk of the Muse)shrine monument at the Villa Borghese Gardens, the second largest public park in Rome. Dating from 1842, the monument depicts a female muse statute and was flanked by two female statues, now disappeared. The park which is in the heart of Rome is one of Europe’s most elegant parks and features a lake, temples, fountains, statues, small zoo and several museums. It’s a pleasure to walk or bike through its leafy lanes and watch Romans and tourists at play or relaxing and escape the hectic streets of Rome
    Villa_Borghese_Gardens_Rome_Italy_07...tif
  • Rome. Italy. View of the Edicola della musa (Kiosk of the Muse)shrine monument at the Villa Borghese Gardens, the second largest public park in Rome. Dating from 1842, the monument depicts a female muse statute and was flanked by two female statues, now disappeared. The park which is in the heart of Rome is one of Europe’s most elegant parks and features a lake, temples, fountains, statues, small zoo and several museums. It’s a pleasure to walk or bike through its leafy lanes and watch Romans and tourists at play or relaxing and escape the hectic streets of Rome
    Villa_Borghese_Gardens_Rome_Italy_00...tif
  • Rome. Italy. View of the Edicola della musa (Kiosk of the Muse)shrine monument at the Villa Borghese Gardens, the second largest public park in Rome. Dating from 1842, the monument depicts a female muse statute and was flanked by two female statues, now disappeared. The park which is in the heart of Rome is one of Europe’s most elegant parks and features a lake, temples, fountains, statues, small zoo and several museums. It’s a pleasure to walk or bike through its leafy lanes and watch Romans and tourists at play or relaxing and escape the hectic streets of Rome
    Villa_Borghese_Gardens_Rome_Italy_08...tif
  • Ostia Antica. Lazio. Italy. View of statue of a female figure at the Baths of the Christian Basilica. The well carved statue adorned with a cornucopia, was found at the Christian Basilica and perhaps a statue of Fortuna, Goddess of Fate, Fortune, Luck and the unpredictability of life.
    Ostia_Antica_Italy_118.tif
  • Delos. Greece. View of a headless marble sculpture of a female figure and the restored Temple of Isis at the Sanctuary of the Egyptian Gods. The temple with two Doric columns in antis dates from the 2nd century BC. Sacred Delos is the birthplace of the Greek God Apollo and his twin sister the Greek Goddess Artemis and one of most important ancient sites in the Mediterranean. It is a UNESCO World Heritage Site.
    Greece_Cyclades_Delos_133.jpg
  • Ostia Antica. Lazio. Italy. View of statue of a female figure at the Baths of the Christian Basilica. The well carved statue adorned with a cornucopia, was found at the Christian Basilica and perhaps a statue of Fortuna, Goddess of Fate, Fortune, Luck and the unpredictability of life.
    Ostia_Antica_Italy_117.tif
  • Painted tomb 5636 which dates from the 3rd century BC, Etruscan Necropolis Tarquinia Italy. Depicted on the right wall of the tomb is a burial scene. It shows a the deceased, led by a little boy and by Vanth the Etruscan female demon of death holding a torch. They arrive at the entrance to Hades door where its keeper Charon is sitting on a rock. Two men, dead relatives are waiting for him.
    Tarquinia_Italy_056.tif
  • Taormina. Sicily. Italy. View of the Piazza Duomo, its centre has a Baroque fountain with mythological figures and is topped with a female centaur, the town’s symbol.  In the rear is the Cathedral or Duomo, founded in the 13th century and dedicated to San Nicololas of Bari. The Duomo is with battlements, and the stark façade has a late rose window and portal of 1636. The glitzy and ultra-charming medieval town of Taormina is located 200 metres high above sea level on a spur of Mount Taurus on the East coast of Sicily in the province of Messina.
    Taormina_Sicily_Italy_034.tif
  • Delos. Greece. View of a headless marble sculpture of a female figure and the restored Temple of Isis at the Sanctuary of the Egyptian Gods. The temple with two Doric columns in antis dates from the 2nd century BC. Sacred Delos is the birthplace of the Greek God Apollo and his twin sister the Greek Goddess Artemis and one of most important ancient sites in the Mediterranean. It is a UNESCO World Heritage Site.
    Greece_Cyclades_Delos_012.jpg
  • Ostia Antica. Lazio. Italy. View of statue of a female figure at the Baths of the Christian Basilica. The well carved statue adorned with a cornucopia, was found at the Christian Basilica and perhaps a statue of Fortuna, Goddess of Fate, Fortune, Luck and the unpredictability of life.
    Ostia_Antica_Italy_115.tif
  • Ostia Antica. Lazio. Italy. View of statue of a female figure at the Baths of the Christian Basilica. The well carved statue adorned with a cornucopia, was found at the Christian Basilica and perhaps a statue of Fortuna, Goddess of Fate, Fortune, Luck and the unpredictability of life.
    Ostia_Antica_Italy_011.tif
  • Painted tomb 5636 which dates from the 3rd century BC, Etruscan Necropolis Tarquinia Italy. Depicted on the right wall of the tomb is a burial scene. It shows a the deceased, led by a little boy and by Vanth the Etruscan female demon of death holding a torch. They arrive at the entrance to Hades door where its keeper Charon is sitting on a rock. Two men, dead relatives are waiting for him.
    Tarquinia_Italy_060.tif
  • Painted tomb 5636 which dates from the 3rd century BC, Etruscan Necropolis Tarquinia Italy. Depicted on the right wall of the tomb is a burial scene. It shows a the deceased, led by a little boy and by Vanth the Etruscan female demon of death holding a torch. They arrive at the entrance to Hades door where its keeper Charon is sitting on a rock. Two men, dead relatives are waiting for him.
    Tarquinia_Italy_057.tif
  • Painted tomb 5636 which dates from the 3rd century BC, Etruscan Necropolis Tarquinia Italy. Depicted on the right wall of the tomb is a burial scene. It shows a the deceased, led by a little boy and by Vanth the Etruscan female demon of death holding a torch. They arrive at the entrance to Hades door where its keeper Charon is sitting on a rock. Two men, dead relatives are waiting for him.
    Tarquinia_Italy_058.tif
  • Painted tomb of Mario Moretti which dates from 500-490 BC, Etruscan Necropolis Tarquinia Italy.  Discovered in 1968, the tomb is made up of a single chamber with a double sloped ceiling. The back wall pediment shows tow lions facing each other. The back wall depicts a flute player, a male figure holding a Kylix and richly dressed female figure who probably is the deceased owner of the tomb. On the side walls are dancers and players alternated by figures of trees. The tomb is named after Etruscanologist Mario Moretti.
    Tarquinia_Italy_042.tif
  • Painted tomb of Mario Moretti which dates from 500-490 BC, Etruscan Necropolis Tarquinia Italy.  Discovered in 1968, the tomb is made up of a single chamber with a double sloped ceiling. The back wall pediment shows tow lions facing each other. The back wall depicts a flute player, a male figure holding a Kylix and richly dressed female figure who probably is the deceased owner of the tomb. On the side walls are dancers and players alternated by figures of trees. The tomb is named after Etruscanologist Mario Moretti.
    Tarquinia_Italy_043.tif
  • Painted Tomb of Leonesse which dates from 520 BC at the Etruscan Monterozzi Necropolis at Tarquinia Italy.  Made up of a single chamber the tomb decoration consist of a checkerboard patterned ceiling and the wall are divided by six columns. Depicted on the gable of the back wall are two lionesses facing each other; in the centre of the back wall is a great crater with whirls flanked by two musicians; on the left there is a female dancer, opposite her a couple dancing. Along the side walls are banqueting diners lying down.
    Tarquinia_Italy_032.tif
  • Painted tomb 5636 which dates from the 3rd century BC, Etruscan Necropolis Tarquinia Italy. Depicted on the right wall of the tomb is a burial scene. It shows a the deceased, led by a little boy and by Vanth the Etruscan female demon of death holding a torch. They arrive at the entrance to Hades door where its keeper Charon is sitting on a rock. Two men, dead relatives are waiting for him.
    Tarquinia_Italy_011.tif
  • Painted tomb of Mario Moretti which dates from 500-490 BC, Etruscan Necropolis Tarquinia Italy.  Discovered in 1968, the tomb is made up of a single chamber with a double sloped ceiling. The back wall pediment shows tow lions facing each other. The back wall depicts a flute player, a male figure holding a Kylix and richly dressed female figure who probably is the deceased owner of the tomb. On the side walls are dancers and players alternated by figures of trees. The tomb is named after Etruscanologist Mario Moretti.
    Tarquinia_Italy_007.tif
  • Painted Tomb of Leonesse which dates from 520 BC at the Etruscan Monterozzi Necropolis at Tarquinia Italy.  Made up of a single chamber the tomb decoration consist of a checkerboard patterned ceiling and the wall are divided by six columns. Depicted on the gable of the back wall are two lionesses facing each other; in the centre of the back wall is a great crater with whirls flanked by two musicians; on the left there is a female dancer, opposite her a couple dancing. Along the side walls are banqueting diners lying down.
    Tarquinia_Italy_005.tif
  • Ancient Greek inscribed base for a statute of a young female initiate or priestess. Ancient Messene. Peloponnese. The base is in a room divided in three aisles by two colonnades in the west wing of the Asklepieion and housed the sanctuary of Artemis Phosphoros and Orthia. Ancient Messene was founded on the foothills of Mount Ithomi in 369 B.C as the ancient capital of liberated Messenia.
    Greece_Messene_Ancient_151.tif
  • Aleppo. Syria. View of an ancient statue of a female figure in the garden of the Aleppo National Museum. The museum is second only to the National museum in Damascus for its exhibits and dotted around the gardens of the museum are a fine collection of statues, stelae and architectural fragments. Aleppo is Syria’s second largest city and it is said to be among the oldest continuously populated cities in the world.
    Syria_Aleppo_075.tif
  • Aleppo. Syria. View of an ancient statue of a female figure in the garden of the Aleppo National Museum. The museum is second only to the National museum in Damascus for its exhibits and dotted around the gardens of the museum are a fine collection of statues, stelae and architectural fragments. Aleppo is Syria’s second largest city and it is said to be among the oldest continuously populated cities in the world.
    Syria_Aleppo_074.tif
  • Tripoli. Libya. View inside tomb one at Zanzur museum of a female figure and a man dragging a bear on a chain, which some have interpreted as Hercules capturing Cerberus, thethree headed dog who guards the underworld.  Dating from the second half of the first century AD and located on the lower floor of the museum, the tomb overall is richly decorated with skilfully painted scenes representing death, life and resurrection, mythological figures and interpretations and various animals.
    LIbya_Tripoli_142.tif
  • Cyrene. Libya. The rear view of two Korai, highlighting the opposite folding of their mantle which suggests a specular position.  These are examples of the many Archaic Korai found in Cyrene. Korai statues are the female equivalent of Kouros and were always portrayed dresses, whereas the Kouros were mostly portrayed nude.
    Libya_Cyrene_Museum_053.tif
  • Cyrene. Libya. Well preserved female figure draped with finely sculpted marble in the courtyard of the House of Jason Magnus. The house was the private residence of Claudius Tiberius Jason Magnus, high priest of the Temple of Apollo in the 2nd century AD.
    Libya_Cyrene_Sanctuary_103.tif
  • Cyrene. Libya. View of a headless marble sculpture of female figure beautifully draped with the unfluted columns of the Temple of Apollo behind it.
    Libya_Cyrene_Sanctuary_045.tif
  • Cyrene. Libya. View of a headless marble sculpture of female figure beautifully draped with the unfluted columns of the Temple of Apollo behind it.
    Libya_Cyrene_Sanctuary_016.tif
  • Delos. Greece. View of a headless marble sculpture of a female figure and the restored Temple of Isis at the Sanctuary of the Egyptian Gods. The temple with two Doric columns in antis dates from the 2nd century BC. Sacred Delos is the birthplace of the Greek God Apollo and his twin sister the Greek Goddess Artemis and one of most important ancient sites in the Mediterranean. It is a UNESCO World Heritage Site.
    Greece_Cyclades_Delos_132.jpg
  • Delos. Greece. View of a headless marble sculpture of a female figure and the restored Temple of Isis at the Sanctuary of the Egyptian Gods. The temple with two Doric columns in antis dates from the 2nd century BC. Sacred Delos is the birthplace of the Greek God Apollo and his twin sister the Greek Goddess Artemis and one of most important ancient sites in the Mediterranean. It is a UNESCO World Heritage Site.
    Greece_Cyclades_Delos_131.jpg
  • Ostia Antica. Lazio. Italy. View of statue of a female figure at the Baths of the Christian Basilica. The well carved statue adorned with a cornucopia, was found at the Christian Basilica and perhaps a statue of Fortuna, Goddess of Fate, Fortune, Luck and the unpredictability of life.
    Ostia_Antica_Italy_119.tif
  • Ostia Antica. Lazio. Italy. View of statue of a female figure at the Baths of the Christian Basilica. The well carved statue adorned with a cornucopia, was found at the Christian Basilica and perhaps a statue of Fortuna, Goddess of Fate, Fortune, Luck and the unpredictability of life.
    Ostia_Antica_Italy_116.tif
  • Painted tomb 5636 which dates from the 3rd century BC, Etruscan Necropolis Tarquinia Italy. Depicted on the right wall of the tomb is a burial scene. It shows a the deceased, led by a little boy and by Vanth the Etruscan female demon of death holding a torch. They arrive at the entrance to Hades door where its keeper Charon is sitting on a rock. Two men, dead relatives are waiting for him.
    Tarquinia_Italy_059.tif
  • Painted tomb of Mario Moretti which dates from 500-490 BC, Etruscan Necropolis Tarquinia Italy.  Discovered in 1968, the tomb is made up of a single chamber with a double sloped ceiling. The back wall pediment shows tow lions facing each other. The back wall depicts a flute player, a male figure holding a Kylix and richly dressed female figure who probably is the deceased owner of the tomb. On the side walls are dancers and players alternated by figures of trees. The tomb is named after Etruscanologist Mario Moretti.
    Tarquinia_Italy_044.tif
  • External view of the Tomb of Leonesse which dates from 520 BC at the Etruscan Monterozzi Necropolis at Tarquinia Italy.  Made up of a single chamber the tomb decoration consist of a checkerboard patterned ceiling and the wall are divided by six columns. Depicted on the gable of the back wall are two lionesses facing each other; in the centre of the back wall is a great crater with whirls flanked by two musicians; on the left there is a female dancer, opposite her a couple dancing. Along the side walls are banqueting diners lying down.
    Tarquinia_Italy_034.tif
Next