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The Telesterion was a large rectangular hall, probably columned, in the Sanctuary of Demeter and Kore at Eleusis (Greece). It served as the initiation Hall and Temple for the Eleusinian Mysteries. Date of construction: c. 435 BCE - 421 BCE

This cuirassed bust of an emperor was installed at the centre of the pediment of the Greater Propylaea at Eleusis (Greece). Although the face is badly damaged, it may be a portrait of the emperor Marcus Aurelius who built the Greater Propylaea...

The Sanctuary of Pluto/Hades was a peribolos wall enclosing a cave through which Pluto brought Kore back from the underworld. The small temple was built c. 328 BCE but was remodeled on many occasions from the 4th century BCE down to Roman...

The ruins of the East Triumphal Arch built by Antoninus Pius in the 2nd century CE outside the Sanctuary of Demeter and Kore at Eleusis.

The Greater Propylaea at the Sanctuary of Eleusis (Greece) was a monumental gate probably built by Marcus Aurelius on the same site as an earlier gate from the time of Kimon, c. 170 CE - c. 180 CE.

The Greater Propylaea at the Sanctuary of Eleusis (Greece) was a monumental gate probably built by Marcus Aurelius on the same site as an earlier gate from the time of Kimon, c. 170 CE - c. 180 CE.

The Lesser Propylaea at Eleusis (Greece) was a small gateway to the Sanctuary of Demeter and Kore built in the 1st century BCE.

Statue of the deified Antinous represented as Asclepius, found in the outer court of the sanctuary of Demeter and Kore at Eleusis (Greece) which it apparently adorned, 2nd century CE. (Archaeological Museum of Eleusis)

Epinetron (pl. epinetra) - a half-cyclinder worn over the thigh with the closed end over the knee, used for preparing wool for weaving. The upper surface was often incised to make a rough surface against which the wool fibres could be rubbed...

This marble statue depicts a standing-striding royal man with an Egyptianized style and was found at Hadrian's villa (Tivoli), Italy. Roman period, circa 135 CE.(State Museum of Egyptian Art, Munich, Germany).