1. heracliteanfire: Lapis lazuli bust of Zeus Sarapis. Roman, ca. 300 (via British Museum)

    heracliteanfire:

    Lapis lazuli bust of Zeus Sarapis. Roman, ca. 300 (via British Museum)

  2. medievalthedas: centuriespast: A Roman mosaic of the fourth century C.E., showing women exercising, sometimes known as “The Bikini Girls.” One of my favorite mosaics! Historians aren’t 100% sure if these are female gladiators or just ladies exercisin’.

    medievalthedas:

    centuriespast:

    A Roman mosaic of the fourth century C.E., showing women exercising, sometimes known as “The Bikini Girls.”

    One of my favorite mosaics! Historians aren’t 100% sure if these are female gladiators or just ladies exercisin’.

  3. Mother Goddesses

    1. Coatlicue (Mexico, from the collection of El Museo Nacional de Antropologia)

    2. Isis (Ptolemaic period Egyptian sculpture)

    3. Durga (14th-15th century Tibetan sculpture)

    4. Cybele (2nd century Roman sculpture)

    5. Xi Wangmu (Mori Tesuzan, 1804.)

    6. Mary (Black Madonna of Częstochowa)

  4. triglifos-y-metopas: Bust of Artemis, marble. (Roman copy after a Greek original) Aricia, Italy. c. 130-140 A.D. [Museo Archeologico Nazionale di Napoli]

    triglifos-y-metopas:

    Bust of Artemis, marble.

    (Roman copy after a Greek original)

    Aricia, Italy.

    c. 130-140 A.D.

    [Museo Archeologico Nazionale di Napoli]

  5. theancientworld: Marble bust of Clytie Roman, about AD 40-50 Said to be from near Naples, Italy The British Museum

    theancientworld:

    Marble bust of Clytie

    Roman, about AD 40-50
    Said to be from near Naples, Italy

    The British Museum

  6. theancientworld: Head of a Woman or Goddess, perhaps Demeter, Roman, circa 98-117 Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Currently not on view

    theancientworld:

    Head of a Woman or Goddess, perhaps Demeter, Roman, circa 98-117

    Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Currently not on view

  7. sugarmeows: The Townley Greyhounds (Roman, 1st-2nd century)

    sugarmeows:

    The Townley Greyhounds (Roman, 1st-2nd century)

  8. mermanonfire: Hector brought back to Troy. From a Roman sarcophagus of ca. 180–200 AD. Oh man I love a good Roman sarcophagus.

    mermanonfire:

    Hector brought back to Troy. From a Roman sarcophagus of ca. 180–200 AD.

    Oh man I love a good Roman sarcophagus.