Vatican Basilique from afar
Piazza around the Basilique
TOTVS TVVS
Lobby entering the Vatican City
Lobby entering the Vatican City
Gift Shop with dedication to Vatican Radio
Lobby and security checkpoint of Vatican
Model of the Basilique
Model of the Basilique
Entire Vatican City model
Entire Vatican City model
Funerary stele of the servant of Osiris Ankh-Hapy. 500 BC
Votive stele dedicated to the god Ptah. 1500 BC
Fragments of a monumental relief dedicated by Thutmosis III. 1425 BC
Actual mummy!
Mummy feet
Reconstruction of the serapeum of Hadrian's Villa in Tivoli. 138 AD
Statue of the Nile. End of 1st Century AD
The god Anubis, guide of dead souls to the underworld. 2nd Century AD.
Si Prega Di Non Cammiare Sul Prato
Giant Pine Cone
Giant gold ball in the middle of the courtyard called "Sfera Con Sfera." Placed here in 1990.
The Mattei Augustus
Statue with the genitals covered up
Breast feeding statue
Tile floor in the Braccio Nuovo
Poet of Tragedies
"The Nile." Second half of 1st Century AD.
Athena Giustiniani. 2nd Century AD.
Inside the Braccio Nuovo ("New Wing")
Inside the Braccio Nuovo ("New Wing")
Inside the Braccio Nuovo ("New Wing")
Several busts
Vatican guard, playing with his iPhone
"Molossi Dogs." 3rd Century BC.
These two dogs did not originally form a pair but these are imperial Roman copies of Hellenistic originals.
Another dog statue in the Animal Room
Doorway of one of the rooms in the Museo Pio Clementino
Erato, the muse of lyric poetry. 18th Century.
Homer, the blind poet. 5th Century BC.