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The Om (Aum) is an important spiritual symbol in Indian religions. It is often used as a reference to Brahman (the Universal Intellect, the Ultimate Reality).

Two wine smokehouses from Hellenistic Glanum in southern France. The bricks were used to create a raised floor through which fires could send smoke to better preserve wine. 2nd-1st century BCE.

The remains of the twin temples dedicated to the imperial cult at Glanum, southern France. c. 20 BCE. The corner of the smaller temple has been faithfully reconstructed based on damged original finds.

The faithfully reconstructed corner of the smaller of two twin temples dedicated to the imperial cult at Glanum, southern France. c. 20 BCE.

A portion of the brick underfloor system (hypocaust) which allowed the rooms of the Roman baths to be heated at Glanum, southern France. 1st century BCE to 1st century CE.

The stone theatre mask fountain (replica) which filled the swimming pool of the Roman baths at Glanum, southern France. 1st century BCE to 1st century CE.

The swimming pool of the Roman baths at Glanum. 1st century BCE to 1st century CE. The pool was filled with water from a theatre mask, a replica of which can be seen here at the far side of the pool.

An unuusual square column from the peristyle of a Greek-style house at Glanum, southern France. 2nd-1st century BCE.

The peristyle of a Greek-style house at Glanum, southern France. 2nd-1st century BCE.

The mausoleum tower at Glanum, which would have once stood alongside many other funerary monuments, dates to c. 40 BCE. It has traditionally been attributed to the three Julius brothers of Julius Caesar’s family but the names (Sectus, Lucius...