Images

Two Etruscan votive bronze statuettes of Menerva the warrior (Athena) wearing a high-crested Attic helmet and a cuirass with the gorgoneion, 450-400 BCE. (National Etruscan Museum of Villa Giulia, Rome)

Etruscan votive bronze statuette of Hercle (Heracles), 4th - 2nd century BCE. (Altes Museum, Berlin)

High terracotta Etruscan relief depicting scenes from the myth of the Seven Against Thebes. It decorated the back of the temple of the sanctuary at Pyrgi, 470-460 BCE. (National Etruscan Museum of Villa Giulia, Rome) 'Seven Against Thebes'...

A detail of one of the lower arches of the Pont del Diable aqueduct, Tarraco (Tarragona), Spain. Built in the 1st century CE it is 217 m long and 27 m high.

The water channel of the Pont del Diable aqueduct, Tarraco (Tarragona), Spain. Built in the 1st century CE it is 217 m long and 27 m high.

The Pont del Diable aqueduct, Tarraco (Tarragona), Spain. Also known as the Ferreres Bridge, it was built in the 1st century CE it is 217 m long and 27 m high.

A section of Roman opus sectile flooring. Marble, 2nd century CE, Saguntum (Sagunto), Spain (Archaological Museum, Segunto)

A section of Roman opus sectile flooring. Marble, 2nd century CE, from Arausio (Orange), France. (Archaeological Museum, Orange)

A section of Roman opus sectile flooring. Marble, 1st century CE, urban quarter of Tarraco (Tarragona), Spain. (Archaeological Museum, Tarragona).

A terracotta ground water filter, in situ. 3rd century BCE, Greek Empuries (Emporion or Emporiae), Spain.