Ghost of Hellas
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Ghost of Hellas
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Greek art and culture through the ages. ๐๏ธ Your gateway to Ancient Rome & archaeology tours ๐colosseumrometickets.com
- The eye of a marble statue from Herculaneum, with surviving paint. Photo Credit: Herculaneum: Past and Future, by Andrew Wallace Hadrill (2011).
- Stairs in the Palace of Knossos, the oldest palace in Europe, dating back to 1900 B.C. with perhaps the earliest settlement in 7000 B.C. Crete.
- Reconstruction of the clothes of women from the Minoan era in Crete (reconstructions made by Dr. Bernice Jones).
- View of Constantinople in Moonlight, 19th Century 'Ivan Aivazovsky'.
- Mosaic of a lion and a bullโs head on the floor of one of the terrace houses, Ephesus, Asia Minor, Turkey.
- Gold earrings, Ancient Greece, 350 BCE Found in Kerch, Ukraine
- An ancient bust of Aphrodite and the Greek model Andri Cartoni. Aphrodite is an ancient Greek goddess associated with love, beauty, pleasure, passion and procreation. She was syncretized with the Roman goddess Venus.
- Mythical Beasts of Ancient Greece - Illustrator: Neil Parkinson.
- Basilica di San Vitale Late antique church in Ravenna, Italy. The 6th century church is an important surviving example of early Christian Byzantine art and architecture.
