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#OnThisDay, the Veneralia festival, in honor of Venus Verticordia and Fortuna Virilis. And for #FrescoFriday, an image of seated Venus from the 4th century CE. Found in #Rome and now in the Museo Nazionale Romano, Palazzo Massimo alle Terme.
#Archaeology #RomanArchaeology #Italy
#FrescoFriday, from atrium 2 of the House of Meleager at #Pompeii, Dido sits on her throne, surrounded by maids and the personification of Africa, as Aeneas sails away in the background. Now in the Museo Archeologico Nazionale di Napoli!
#Archaeology #RomanArchaeology #Italy
Happy #WorldCrocodileDay! 🐊 The reptiles made frequent appearances on painted and #mosaic #Roman Nilotic scenes, including the Nile Mosaic of Palestrina (top left) and the House of the Faun at #Pompeii (bottom right). #archaeology