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Lararium of House of the Vettii, Pompeii.  \nA genius between two Lares,and the snake; Traditional religious image in the houses of ancient Rome.\nIn classical Roman religion, a genius loci ( plural genii loci ) was the protective spirit of a place. It was often depicted in religious iconography as a figure holding attributes such as a cornucopia, patera ( libation bowl ) or snake.\nIn the center stands the Genius, young and unbearded. On each side of him stands a wreathed Lar, holding rhyton and situla. The lower end of each rhyton has the form of a fore-part of a goat. In the lower zone of the same panel a crested and bearded serpent with brown back and yellow belly glides through plants towards the altar. This painted square altar is shown at the right edge of the panel. On the altar are an egg and some fruits.
Monastery of Agios Nikolaos Anapavsas, , Meteora, Thessaly, scenes depicting the animals of paradise, painted by Theophanes the Cretan in 1527, Greece
Oceanos and Tethys ancient mosaic. Zeugma Mosaic.
Painted vault called Sky of Salamanca, from the 15th century by the Spanish Gothic painter Fernando Gallego, in the Chapel of San Jerónimo, in Castile and León, Spain
Fragment of the oldest floor mosaic map of the Holy Land - the Jordan River and the Dead Sea. It dates to the sixth century AD.
Art Thailand Srivijaya
Ancient Greek  Tetradrachm of Philip III, a silver coin from my own collection minted in Ancient Babylon over two thousand years ago.\nHead of Herakles in a lion head dress with the face of Alexander the Great, 323-317 BC
Daphne (ancient Greek Δάφνη \
Pompeii Centaurs with man playing the zither Villa of Cicero ( later known as the Villa of Diomedes ), outside Pompeii 1-37 AD
Evil and hell on a Romanian mural. Tismana monastery
Antakya Turkey, November 26, 2022 : Mosaics in Antakya Museum Hotel, Hatay, Turkey. Detailed mosaic pattern from the ancient Roman period in Hatay, Turkey.
Frescoes of Pompeii, Italy
The ancient town of Madaba in Jordan, southwest of Amman is known for its 6th-century mosaic map of the Holy Land from the Hellenistic, Roman, Byzantine and Islamic eras in the Greek Orthodox Church of St. George
Beautiful roman ancient city of Jerash, Jordan
Ephesus terrace houses are located on the hill, opposite the Hadrian Temple. Also called as the houses of rich, important for the reason give us information about family life during  the Roman period. They were built according to the Hippodamian plan of the city in which roads transected each other at right angels.  The oldest building dates back into the 1C BC and continued in use as residence until the 7C AD. Ruins at Ephesus, Turkey. Art work.
Fragment of Nile mosaic or Palestrina Mosaic. Nilotic landscape from Palestrina, Italy
Herculaneum mosaic in opus vermiculatum from polychrome tesserae dated to late 2nd - early 1st century BC. from the Villa of Cicero outside of Porta Ercolano Gate\nInspired by the New Comedy three itinerant musicians faces covered with masks - one playing cymbals - one tambourine and a woman with double flute
Mosaic from Villa romana del Casale in Piazza Armerina
The Acratos and Euprocyne ancient mosaic. Gaziantep - Turkey. The ancient city of Zeugma is known to have been founded by Selevkos I. Nikator in 300BC. (Name of Selevkeia Euphrates)
Mosaic in Ostia Antica
Qusayr Amra,probably built between 730 - 740 AD, is located near Wadi Butum, a seasonal watercourse There was both a fortress with a garrison and a residence/pleasure palace that comprised a reception hall and hammam bath complex with changing room, warm and hot rooms - all decorated with figurative murals and extensive fresco paintings The bath building and reception hall are unique for Islamic architecture, depicting bathing and hunting scenes, Byzantine style portraits, crafts and trades and  animals, together with inscriptions in both Greek and Arabic The  zodiac on the domed ceiling of the caldarium, hot room, is one of the earliest known surviving examples of a map of the heavens on a dome
Jameson Stellar Atlas , 1822
Bulgaria - Rila Monastery ( Rilski Manastir).  The Monastery of Saint John of Rila, also known as Rila Monastery is the largest and most famous Eastern Orthodox monastery in Bulgaria. It is situated in the southwestern Rila Mountains, 117 km south of the capital Sofia in the deep valley of the Rilska River. It is a site UNESCO
Qusayr Amra, Jordan - April 3, 2017: Frescoes of bathing women in Qusayr Amra sometimes Quseir Amra or Qasr Amra , one of the desert castles located in eastern Jordan
Sea creatures mosaic in Pompeii\t\nHouse of the Geometric Mosaics ( VIII.2.16 )\nHouse VIII, 2, 16, Pompeii
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Ancient Byzantine Mosaic in the Diaconicon Baptistery of the Basilica of Moses, Mount Nebo, Jordan.\nDates back to 6th century.
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