Sunday 15 July 2012

Trip to the British Museum - Ancient Rome and Greece


Photos from the ancient Greek and Roman exhibitions - warning: contains nude sculptures


The god of wine and feasting: Dionysus


A beautiful marble carving of Venus (Aphrodite)


Another beautiful carving of Venus


Hellenistic gold jewellery


Detail of Hellenistic gold jewellery - a pin


Detail of Hellenistic gold jewellery - a bracelet


Greek vases


A bronze statue of Hermes


Apollo and a lyre-like instrument


Marble carving of a dog - the Mollosian Hound


A bull


A Nereid pillar




Part of a Greek temple

A Greek statue of a guy with a discus - Olympics-themed


A beautiful carving of a Nereid from Greece


Cupid

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