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Roman fresco depicting Jason entering the city of Iolkos in Greece, where he will start his quest for the golden fleece with the Argonauts. The object is located in Casa degli Amorini Dorati in Pompeii.

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Roman fresco depicting Jason entering the city of Iolkos in Greece, where he will start his quest for the golden fleece with the Argonauts. The object is located in Casa degli Amorini Dorati in Pompeii.

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Roman wall fresco depicting Silenus, the god of nature, watching Amor and Pan fighting each other. The struggle itself is interpreted as a rivalry between love and desire. The object adorned the walls of the Meleager House in Pompeii.

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Roman wall fresco depicting Silenus, the god of nature, watching Amor and Pan fighting each other. The struggle itself is interpreted as a rivalry between love and desire. The object adorned the walls of the Meleager House in Pompeii.

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Roman fresco showing Menander . He was a Greek dramatist, who wrote 108 comedies. Object located in House of Menander in Pompeii.

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Roman fresco showing Menander . He was a Greek dramatist, who wrote 108 comedies. Object located in House of Menander in Pompeii.

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Popular motif from Greek and Roman mythology - the depiction of lovers, Mars and Venus on a Roman fresco. The object dates back to the 1st century CE and discovered in Pompeii. The artifact is located in the National Archaeological Museum of Naples.

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Popular motif from Greek and Roman mythology - the depiction of lovers, Mars and Venus on a Roman fresco. The object dates back to the 1st century CE and discovered in Pompeii. The artifact is located in the National Archaeological Museum of Naples.

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Roman sculpture depicting a Greek poet. The object is a copy of a Greek original from the 2nd century BCE. The artifact is located in Ny Carlsberg Glyptotek in Copenhagen .

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Roman sculpture depicting a Greek poet. The object is a copy of a Greek original from the 2nd century BCE. The artifact is located in Ny Carlsberg Glyptotek in Copenhagen .

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Roman fresco showing Amor riding a crab. Object discovered in the House of the Vettii in Pompeii.

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Roman fresco showing Amor riding a crab. Object discovered in the House of the Vettii in Pompeii.

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Roman fresco showing and extremly realistic bird and fountain. It is located in the triclinium of the House of the Golden Bracelet in Pompeii.

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Roman fresco showing and extremly realistic bird and fountain. It is located in the triclinium of the House of the Golden Bracelet in Pompeii.

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Roman sculpture depicting Homer. The object is a Roman copy, from the reign of Emperor Hadrian , of a Greek original from the 4th century BCE. The artifact is located in the National Archaeological Museum of Naples.

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Roman sculpture depicting Homer. The object is a Roman copy, from the reign of Emperor Hadrian , of a Greek original from the 4th century BCE. The artifact is located in the National Archaeological Museum of Naples.

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Roman sculpture depicting Aphrodite . The object is a Roman copy of a Greek original from the 5th century BCE. The artifact is located in the National Archaeological Museum of Naples.

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Roman sculpture depicting Aphrodite . The object is a Roman copy of a Greek original from the 5th century BCE. The artifact is located in the National Archaeological Museum of Naples.

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Ancient Roman Fresco discovered in 2018 in what appears to have been a bedroom of a house in Pompeii.The "Leda e il cigno" depicts the god Jupiter in the guise of a Swan, impregnating Leda a legendary Queen of Sparta.

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Ancient Roman Fresco discovered in 2018 in what appears to have been a bedroom of a house in Pompeii.The "Leda e il cigno" depicts the god Jupiter in the guise of a Swan, impregnating Leda a legendary Queen of Sparta.

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Roman sapphire gemstone depicting the image of Emperor Caracalla. The object dates back to the 3rd century CE. The artifact is located in Marlborough , in the Walters Art Museum.

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Roman sapphire gemstone depicting the image of Emperor Caracalla. The object dates back to the 3rd century CE. The artifact is located in Marlborough , in the Walters Art Museum.

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The "Sappho" fresco, or Portrait of a Young Woman with Stylus, Pompeii, 1st century AD. It depicts a finely dressed young woman with a writing tablet and stylus, used in Roman paintings to indicate literacy and education. She was identified as the Greek poet Sappho without proof...

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The "Sappho" fresco, or Portrait of a Young Woman with Stylus, Pompeii, 1st century AD. It depicts a finely dressed young woman with a writing tablet and stylus, used in Roman paintings to indicate literacy and education. She was identified as the Greek poet Sappho without proof...

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Roman mosaic depicts a man lying in bed and his partner standing. The object is dated to 1st BCE - 1st century CE.

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Roman mosaic depicts a man lying in bed and his partner standing. The object is dated to 1st BCE - 1st century CE.

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Roman fresco from Herculaneum showing two young women, where one of them holds a wax tablet and a stylus for writing. Object dated to the 1st century CE. The artifact is in the National Archaeological Museum in Naples.

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Roman fresco from Herculaneum showing two young women, where one of them holds a wax tablet and a stylus for writing. Object dated to the 1st century CE. The artifact is in the National Archaeological Museum in Naples.

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Roman golden glass vessel with a hunting scene. Object dated to the 3rd century CE and is housed in the Cleveland Art Museum in the USA.

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Roman golden glass vessel with a hunting scene. Object dated to the 3rd century CE and is housed in the Cleveland Art Museum in the USA.

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Pompeian fresco depicting Theseus after killing the Minotaur. The fresco is not large. In the past, it was the central panel of a larger painting. It was like a painting hung in the middle of the wall and the attention of the person entering the room was supposed to focus on it.

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Pompeian fresco depicting Theseus after killing the Minotaur. The fresco is not large. In the past, it was the central panel of a larger painting. It was like a painting hung in the middle of the wall and the attention of the person entering the room was supposed to focus on it.

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Roman clothes pin in the shape of a female bust. The object is made of a single piece of sapphire with a golden base. The ornament is dated to 100-130 CE.

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Roman clothes pin in the shape of a female bust. The object is made of a single piece of sapphire with a golden base. The ornament is dated to 100-130 CE.

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A silver didrachm from the ancient Greek city of Gela in Sicily, depicting on the obverse a nude bearded rider hurling a spear with his raised right hand and holding the horse’s reins in his left, and on the reverse the forepart of man-headed bull, with long pointed beard. C. 490-475 BCE

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A silver didrachm from the ancient Greek city of Gela in Sicily, depicting on the obverse a nude bearded rider hurling a spear with his raised right hand and holding the horse’s reins in his left, and on the reverse the forepart of man-headed bull, with long pointed beard. C. 490-475 BCE

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Roman mosaic depicting Ambrosia and Lycurgus. Lycurgus is depicted in the act of killing Ambrosia with an axe as she is being transformed into a grape vine. Object dated back to II century CE.

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Roman mosaic depicting Ambrosia and Lycurgus. Lycurgus is depicted in the act of killing Ambrosia with an axe as she is being transformed into a grape vine. Object dated back to II century CE.

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In the ruins of Pompeii – specifically in the area of region V, where street bars were located – archaeologists have found an unusual object: a vase , manufactured in Alexandria, Egypt, which is decorated with Egyptian-style hunting scenes.

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In the ruins of Pompeii – specifically in the area of region V, where street bars were located – archaeologists have found an unusual object: a vase , manufactured in Alexandria, Egypt, which is decorated with Egyptian-style hunting scenes.

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