Images

A marble altar from the garden of a private Roman home in Empuries (Emporiae). 1st century CE, domus 2B. The sides are decorated with painted scenes of a cockerel and, on the reverse side, a two-handled glass vessel containing a pineapple...

A Roman floor mosaic emblemata depicting the myth of Iphigenia and her (almost) sacrifice by Agamemnon, her father, prior to the Trojan War. From a Roman villa, Empuries, 1st century BCE. (Archaeological Museum, Empuries, Spain)

Part of the Roman baths at Empuries (Emporiae), north-eastern Spain. 1st-2nd centuries CE.

Roman bricks stamped with Legio XXII. (Saalburg Museum, Germany)

A portion of Roman opus reticulatum wall in Pompeii.

The 4th century BCE statue of Asclepius from the god of medicine's sanctuary at Empuries (Emporiae), Spain. The statue was carved using Parian and Pentelic marble.

The atrium of Roman House (domus) No. 1 at Empuries (Emporiae), Spain. 1st century BCE - 1st century CE.

A mosaic flooring in situ at Empuries (Emporiae), Spain. From a Roman house (domus), 1st century BCE - 1st century CE.

A mosaic flooring in situ at Empuries (Emporiae), Spain. From a Roman house (domus), 1st century BCE - 1st century CE.

A relief scene from the Ramayana where Lakshmana cuts off the ears and nose of the demoness Surpanakha while Rama looks on from the left with his bow. Gupta period from Deogarh, Uttar Pradesh. (National Museum, New Delhi, India).