Same subject
Urban houses and villas in Pompeii
Title
Fresco from the Villa of the Mysteries
Caption
Fresco from the Villa of the Mysteries, The main theme of the paintings evolve around the cult of Bacchus. Here we have a later addition influenced by the cult of the Egyptian goddess Isis. The twin goddesses Isis and Nephthys flanking a sacred crocodile. Italy. Roman. Second half of 1st C BC. Pompeii.
Credit line
Photo12/Universal Images Group/Werner Forman
Reference
UMG12A24_406
Model release
No
License type
Rights managed
Available size
31,2Mb (2,7Mb) / 12,6in x 9,6in / 3781 x 2882 (300dpi)