Show Navigation

Search Results

Refine Search
Match all words
Match any word
Prints
Personal Use
Royalty-Free
Rights-Managed
(leave unchecked to
search all images)
{ 958 images found }

Loading ()...

  • Traffic streaks past a floodlit Roman Colosseum on Via dei Fori Imperiali, Rome Italy. With traffic streaking past this ancient building in a modern-day Italian capital. The Colosseum or Coliseum, also known as the Flavian Amphitheatre is an elliptical amphitheatre in the centre of the city of Rome, Italy. Built of concrete and stone, it was the largest amphitheatre of the Roman Empire, and is considered one of the greatest works of Roman architecture and engineering. It is the largest amphitheatre in the world.
    roman_colosseum01-03-11-1999_1.jpg
  • Permanent flower sculptures in Lefevre Park as giant insects invade Bow’s Roman Road for the Greenwich and Docklands International Festival, London, England, UK. Performers (by Sarruga, a company from Catalan in Spain) dressed as large mechanical insects came parading down Roman Road in the East End interacting with the public and buildings in a celebration accompanied by music and special effects.
    20120623insects roman road_V_1.jpg
  • Permanent flower sculptures in Lefevre Park as giant insects invade Bow’s Roman Road for the Greenwich and Docklands International Festival, London, England, UK. Performers (by Sarruga, a company from Catalan in Spain) dressed as large mechanical insects came parading down Roman Road in the East End interacting with the public and buildings in a celebration accompanied by music and special effects.
    20120623insects roman road_U_1.jpg
  • Giant insects invade Bow’s Roman Road for the Greenwich and Docklands International Festival, London, England, UK. Performers (by Sarruga, a company from Catalan in Spain) dressed as large mechanical insects came parading down Roman Road in the East End interacting with the public and buildings in a celebration accompanied by music and special effects.
    20120623insects roman road_S_1.jpg
  • Giant Praying Mantis insect invades Bow’s Roman Road for the Greenwich and Docklands International Festival, London, England, UK. Performers (by Sarruga, a company from Catalan in Spain) dressed as large mechanical insects came parading down Roman Road in the East End interacting with the public and buildings in a celebration accompanied by music and special effects.
    20120623insects roman road_P_1.jpg
  • Giant Praying Mantis insect invades Bow’s Roman Road for the Greenwich and Docklands International Festival, London, England, UK. Performers (by Sarruga, a company from Catalan in Spain) dressed as large mechanical insects came parading down Roman Road in the East End interacting with the public and buildings in a celebration accompanied by music and special effects.
    20120623insects roman road_O_1.jpg
  • Giant insects invade Bow’s Roman Road for the Greenwich and Docklands International Festival, London, England, UK. Performers (by Sarruga, a company from Catalan in Spain) dressed as large mechanical insects came parading down Roman Road in the East End interacting with the public and buildings in a celebration accompanied by music and special effects.
    20120623insects roman road_N_1.jpg
  • Giant Praying Mantis insect invades Bow’s Roman Road for the Greenwich and Docklands International Festival, London, England, UK. Performers (by Sarruga, a company from Catalan in Spain) dressed as large mechanical insects came parading down Roman Road in the East End interacting with the public and buildings in a celebration accompanied by music and special effects.
    20120623insects roman road_I_1.jpg
  • Giant Praying Mantis insect invades Bow’s Roman Road for the Greenwich and Docklands International Festival, London, England, UK. Performers (by Sarruga, a company from Catalan in Spain) dressed as large mechanical insects came parading down Roman Road in the East End interacting with the public and buildings in a celebration accompanied by music and special effects.
    20120623insects roman road_G_1.jpg
  • Giant Praying Mantis insect invades Bow’s Roman Road for the Greenwich and Docklands International Festival, London, England, UK. Performers (by Sarruga, a company from Catalan in Spain) dressed as large mechanical insects came parading down Roman Road in the East End interacting with the public and buildings in a celebration accompanied by music and special effects.
    20120623insects roman road_F_1.jpg
  • Giant insects invade Bow’s Roman Road for the Greenwich and Docklands International Festival, London, England, UK. Performers (by Sarruga, a company from Catalan in Spain) dressed as large mechanical insects came parading down Roman Road in the East End interacting with the public and buildings in a celebration accompanied by music and special effects.
    20120623insects roman road_D_1.jpg
  • Giant Praying Mantis insect invades Bow’s Roman Road for the Greenwich and Docklands International Festival, London, England, UK. Performers (by Sarruga, a company from Catalan in Spain) dressed as large mechanical insects came parading down Roman Road in the East End interacting with the public and buildings in a celebration accompanied by music and special effects.
    20120623insects roman road_C_1.jpg
  • Giant Praying Mantis insect invades Bow’s Roman Road for the Greenwich and Docklands International Festival, London, England, UK. Performers (by Sarruga, a company from Catalan in Spain) dressed as large mechanical insects came parading down Roman Road in the East End interacting with the public and buildings in a celebration accompanied by music and special effects.
    20120623insects roman road_B_1.jpg
  • Giant insects invade Bow’s Roman Road for the Greenwich and Docklands International Festival, London, England, UK. Performers (by Sarruga, a company from Catalan in Spain) dressed as large mechanical insects came parading down Roman Road in the East End interacting with the public and buildings in a celebration accompanied by music and special effects.
    20120623insects roman road_A_1.jpg
  • Giant Praying Mantis insect invades Bow’s Roman Road for the Greenwich and Docklands International Festival, London, England, UK. Performers (by Sarruga, a company from Catalan in Spain) dressed as large mechanical insects came parading down Roman Road in the East End interacting with the public and buildings in a celebration accompanied by music and special effects.
    20120623insects roman road_T_1.jpg
  • Giant insects invade Bow’s Roman Road for the Greenwich and Docklands International Festival, London, England, UK. Performers (by Sarruga, a company from Catalan in Spain) dressed as large mechanical insects came parading down Roman Road in the East End interacting with the public and buildings in a celebration accompanied by music and special effects.
    20120623insects roman road_R_1.jpg
  • Giant insects invade Bow’s Roman Road for the Greenwich and Docklands International Festival, London, England, UK. Performers (by Sarruga, a company from Catalan in Spain) dressed as large mechanical insects came parading down Roman Road in the East End interacting with the public and buildings in a celebration accompanied by music and special effects.
    20120623insects roman road_Q_1.jpg
  • Giant Praying Mantis insect invades Bow’s Roman Road for the Greenwich and Docklands International Festival, London, England, UK. Performers (by Sarruga, a company from Catalan in Spain) dressed as large mechanical insects came parading down Roman Road in the East End interacting with the public and buildings in a celebration accompanied by music and special effects.
    20120623insects roman road_M_1.jpg
  • Giant Praying Mantis insect invades Bow’s Roman Road for the Greenwich and Docklands International Festival, London, England, UK. Performers (by Sarruga, a company from Catalan in Spain) dressed as large mechanical insects came parading down Roman Road in the East End interacting with the public and buildings in a celebration accompanied by music and special effects.
    20120623insects roman road_L_1.jpg
  • Giant Praying Mantis insect invades Bow’s Roman Road for the Greenwich and Docklands International Festival, London, England, UK. Performers (by Sarruga, a company from Catalan in Spain) dressed as large mechanical insects came parading down Roman Road in the East End interacting with the public and buildings in a celebration accompanied by music and special effects.
    20120623insects roman road_K_1.jpg
  • Giant Praying Mantis insect invades Bow’s Roman Road for the Greenwich and Docklands International Festival, London, England, UK. Performers (by Sarruga, a company from Catalan in Spain) dressed as large mechanical insects came parading down Roman Road in the East End interacting with the public and buildings in a celebration accompanied by music and special effects.
    20120623insects roman road_J_1.jpg
  • Giant Praying Mantis insect invades Bow’s Roman Road for the Greenwich and Docklands International Festival, London, England, UK. Performers (by Sarruga, a company from Catalan in Spain) dressed as large mechanical insects came parading down Roman Road in the East End interacting with the public and buildings in a celebration accompanied by music and special effects.
    20120623insects roman road_H_1.jpg
  • Giant Praying Mantis insect invades Bow’s Roman Road for the Greenwich and Docklands International Festival, London, England, UK. Performers (by Sarruga, a company from Catalan in Spain) dressed as large mechanical insects came parading down Roman Road in the East End interacting with the public and buildings in a celebration accompanied by music and special effects.
    20120623insects roman road_E_1.jpg
  • 1st century Roman amphitheatre in Spoleto, Umbria, Italy.
    20180809_spoleto roman amphitheatre_...jpg
  • 1st century Roman amphitheatre in Spoleto, Umbria, Italy.
    20180809_spoleto roman amphitheatre_...jpg
  • Mosaic representations of Roman animals in the abandoned city of Italica, near Seville. The central mosaic in the House of the Bird Mosaic which is the most Italian of all houses excavated in Italica, consists of thirty-five small square mosaics that surround a larger, central square scene. The city of Italica (Spanish: Itálica; north of modern day Santiponce, 9 km NW of Seville, Spain) was founded in 206 BC by the Roman general Publius Cornelius Scipio Africanus in order to settle Roman soldiers wounded in the Battle of Ilipa, where the Carthaginian army was defeated during the Second Punic War. The name Italica bound the colonia to their Italian origins. Italica was the birthplace of Roman emperor Trajan.
    italica_mosaics-3-19-April-2011_1.jpg
  • Mosaic representations of Roman celestial bodies in the House of the Planetarium at Italica, Near Seville. With the sun in the centre, we see Jupiter in the foreground and the Moon, Mars (with a helmet), Mercury and Saturn. The city of Italica (Spanish: Itálica; north of modern day Santiponce, 9 km NW of Seville, Spain) was founded in 206 BC by the Roman general Publius Cornelius Scipio Africanus in order to settle Roman soldiers wounded in the Battle of Ilipa, where the Carthaginian army was defeated during the Second Punic War. The name Italica bound the colonia to their Italian origins. Italica was the birthplace of Roman emperor Trajan.
    italica_mosaics-2-19-April-2011_1.jpg
  • Walkers pass near the ruins of Milecastle 39 on Roman Hadrian's Wall, once the northern frontier of Rome's empire from Barbarian tribes. Hadrian's Wall (Latin: Vallum Aelium) was a stone and timber fortification built by the Roman Empire across the width of what is now northern England. Begun in AD 122, during the rule of emperor Hadrian, it was built as a military fortification though gates through the wall served as customs posts to allow trade and levy taxation. The 4.5m high Wall was 80 Roman miles (73.5 miles, 117km) long and so important was it to secure its length that up to 10% of the Roman army total force were stationed here. Tough walkers generally take 7 days to trek its coast-to-coast length.
    hadrians_wall42-08-08-2010-1_1.jpg
  • Walkers pass near the ruins of Milecastle 39 on Roman Hadrian's Wall, once the northern frontier of Rome's empire from Barbarian tribes. Hadrian's Wall (Latin: Vallum Aelium) was a stone and timber fortification built by the Roman Empire across the width of what is now northern England. Begun in AD 122, during the rule of emperor Hadrian, it was built as a military fortification though gates through the wall served as customs posts to allow trade and levy taxation. The 4.5m high Wall was 80 Roman miles (73.5 miles, 117km) long and so important was it to secure its length that up to 10% of the Roman army total force were stationed here. Tough walkers generally take 7 days to trek its coast-to-coast length.
    hadrians_wall38-08-08-2010-1_1.jpg
  • Walkers explore paths along Roman Emperor Hadrian's Wall, once the northern frontier of Rome's empire from Barbarian tribes. Hadrian's Wall (Latin: Vallum Aelium) was a stone and timber fortification built by the Roman Empire across the width of what is now northern England. Begun in AD 122, during the rule of emperor Hadrian, it was built as a military fortification though gates through the wall served as customs posts to allow trade and levy taxation. The 4.5m high Wall was 80 Roman miles (73.5 miles, 117km) long and so important was it to secure its length that up to 10% of the Roman army total force were stationed here. Tough walkers generally take 7 days to trek its coast-to-coast length.
    hadrians_wall11-08-08-2010-1_1.jpg
  • Wide landscape of Roman Hadrian's Wall, once the northern frontier of Rome's empire from Barbarian tribes. Hadrian's Wall (Latin: Vallum Aelium) was a stone and timber fortification built by the Roman Empire across the width of what is now northern England. Begun in AD 122, during the rule of emperor Hadrian, it was built as a military fortification though gates through the wall served as customs posts to allow trade and levy taxation. The 4.5m high Wall was 80 Roman miles (73.5 miles, 117km) long and so important was it to secure its length that up to 10% of the Roman army total force were stationed here. Tough walkers generally take 7 days to trek its coast-to-coast length.
    hadrians_wall07-07-08-2010-1_1.jpg
  • Walkers pass near the ruins of Milecastle 39 on Roman Hadrian's Wall, once the northern frontier of Rome's empire from Barbarian tribes. Hadrian's Wall (Latin: Vallum Aelium) was a stone and timber fortification built by the Roman Empire across the width of what is now northern England. Begun in AD 122, during the rule of emperor Hadrian, it was built as a military fortification though gates through the wall served as customs posts to allow trade and levy taxation. The 4.5m high Wall was 80 Roman miles (73.5 miles, 117km) long and so important was it to secure its length that up to 10% of the Roman army total force were stationed here. Tough walkers generally take 7 days to trek its coast-to-coast length.
    hadrians_wall02-07-08-2010-1_1.jpg
  • A wlker climbs steep path on Roman Emperor Hadrian's Wall, once the northern frontier of Rome's empire from Barbarian tribes. Hadrian's Wall (Latin: Vallum Aelium) was a stone and timber fortification built by the Roman Empire across the width of what is now northern England. Begun in AD 122, during the rule of emperor Hadrian, it was built as a military fortification though gates through the wall served as customs posts to allow trade and levy taxation. The 4.5m high Wall was 80 Roman miles (73.5 miles, 117km) long and so important was it to secure its length that up to 10% of the Roman army total force were stationed here. Tough walkers generally take 7 days to trek its coast-to-coast length.
    hadrians_wall09-08-08-2010-1_1.jpg
  • The bust of mythical Hercules, a Roman copy of the ancient Greek original by Lysippos of about 325-300BC in the Enlightenment Gallery of the British Museum on 28th February 2017, in London, England. The Roman version is said to have been found in lava at the foot of Vesuvius and presented to the museum by Sir William Hamilton in 1776. Hercules is the Roman adaptation of the Greek divine hero Heracles,  the son of Zeus Roman equivalent Jupiter and the mortal Alcmene. In classical mythology, Hercules is famous for his strength and for his numerous far-ranging adventures.
    british_museum-25-28-02-2017.jpg
  • The bust of mythical Hercules, a Roman copy of the ancient Greek original by Lysippos of about 325-300BC in the Enlightenment Gallery of the British Museum on 28th February 2017, in London, England. The Roman version is said to have been found in lava at the foot of Vesuvius and presented to the museum by Sir William Hamilton in 1776. Hercules is the Roman adaptation of the Greek divine hero Heracles,  the son of Zeus Roman equivalent Jupiter and the mortal Alcmene. In classical mythology, Hercules is famous for his strength and for his numerous far-ranging adventures.
    british_museum-24-28-02-2017.jpg
  • The bust of mythical Hercules, a Roman copy of the ancient Greek original by Lysippos of about 325-300BC in the Enlightenment Gallery of the British Museum on 28th February 2017, in London, England. The Roman version is said to have been found in lava at the foot of Vesuvius and presented to the museum by Sir William Hamilton in 1776. Hercules is the Roman adaptation of the Greek divine hero Heracles,  the son of Zeus Roman equivalent Jupiter and the mortal Alcmene. In classical mythology, Hercules is famous for his strength and for his numerous far-ranging adventures.
    british_museum-23-28-02-2017.jpg
  • The bust of mythical Hercules, a Roman copy of the ancient Greek original by Lysippos of about 325-300BC overlooks the Enlightenment Gallery of the British Museum on 28th February 2017, in London, England. The Roman version is said to have been found in lava at the foot of Vesuvius and presented to the museum by Sir William Hamilton in 1776. Hercules is the Roman adaptation of the Greek divine hero Heracles,  the son of Zeus Roman equivalent Jupiter and the mortal Alcmene. In classical mythology, Hercules is famous for his strength and for his numerous far-ranging adventures.
    british_museum-21-28-02-2017.jpg
  • An intact Roman mosaic in the Fisbourne Roman Palace centre, Fishbourne, UK
    SFE_050606_0019_1.jpg
  • In the foreground a local dog lies down in the afternoon heat on rutted ancient Roman flag stones while in the background tourists walk down the old highway in Pompeii, Italy. Next to his exhausted body, the grooved ruts carved by wooden wheels can still be seen next to a large stepping stone which let chariots ride over the stone yet allowed pedestrians to step over the road. Pompeii is a ruined Roman city near modern Naples in the Italian region of Campania. It was completely buried during a catastrophic eruption of the volcano Mount Vesuvius on 24 August 79 AD. The volcano covered Pompeii under many metres of ash, and it was lost for over 1,600 years before its accidental rediscovery in 1748. Since then, its excavation has provided an extraordinarily detailed insight into the life of a city at the height of the Roman Empire. Today, it is a main tourist attraction of Italy and a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Pompeii has become a popular tourist destination; with approximately 2.5 million visitors a year, it is the most popular tourist attraction in Italy.
    RB-0028.jpg
  • A member of a Roman re-enactment society in a period helmet at Richborough Roman Fort, Kent, UK
    SFE_050724_0002_1.jpg
  • A member of the Roman re-enactment society waiting for a Portaloo at Richborough Roman Fort, Kent, UK
    SFE_050724_0001_1.jpg
  • In the Villa of the Vettii in Pompeii we see a fresco in the lararium where a shrine to Roman guardian spirits of the household was situated. Family members performed daily rituals here to guarantee their protection by these domestic spirits. The first two characters are the deeply venerated 'lares' (presumed sons of Mercury and Lara) depicted as two young men in dancing postures, holding drinking horns that guaranteed prosperity. In the centre is the 'genius'. She is another guardian and fertility spirit ensuring the family line (gens) would continue and she wears the 'toga praetexta', bordered in purple, the garment of high-ranking Roman magistrates. Painted before the catastrophic eruption of Versuvius in AD79, these frescoes have been uncovered from metre-layers of volcanic ash and pumice but are now fading from moisture and cracked plaster.
    pompeii01-15-12-2007 .jpg
  • Statue of a victorious athlete, a Roman version of a Greek bronze original of about 440-430BC, found by the Roman theatre at Vaison, France but perhaps from a nearby villa. Known as Diadoumensos, it represents a triumphant athlete tying a ribbon round his head. At Greek festivals, it was the custom to give red ribbons to the winners of games. He may symbolise athletic victories in general, rather than an individual.
    british_museum12-14-01-2016.jpg
  • Roman re-enactment society members recreate a battle scene at Richborough Roman Fort, Kent, UK
    SFE_050724_0035_1.jpg
  • The Arch of Germanicus, an ancient Roman arch in Saintes, Charente-Maritime in France. It was built in 18 or 19AD by a rich citizen of the town (then known as Mediolanum Santonum), C. Julius Rufus, and dedicated to the emperor Tiberius, his son Drusus Julius Caesar, and his adoptive son Germanicus. It has two bays and was originally sited over the terminus of the Roman road from Lyon to Saintes. On the proposal of Prosper Mérimée in 1843 it was moved fifteen metres during works on quays along the river, and it was restored in 1851.
    saintes_arch01-30-06-2014_1.jpg
  • A close-up detail of the ruins of the Altar at the Aedes Genii Augusti temple at Pompeii. Roman citizens seen on a relief at the side of the forum in the ancient city of Pompei. Being built or renovated around the time of the volcanic eruption in 79 AD, this detail is from the white marble altar depicting the sacrifice of a bull and we see the scene depicting a marketplace where Romans of the empire buy and sell their wares.
    pompeii_relief-12-06-2003.jpg
  • A reconstructed Roman temple using light and smoke machines, the Mithraeum, in the Bloomberg SPACE on the 24th September in London in the United Kingdom. The London Mithraeum, also known as the Temple of Mithras, Walbrook, is a Roman mithraeum that was discovered in Walbrook, a street in the City of London, during a buildings construction in 1954
    D_The_Mithraeum-1044301.jpg
  • A reconstructed Roman temple using light and smoke machines, the Mithraeum, in the Bloomberg SPACE on the 24th September in London in the United Kingdom. The London Mithraeum, also known as the Temple of Mithras, Walbrook, is a Roman mithraeum that was discovered in Walbrook, a street in the City of London, during a buildings construction in 1954
    D_The_Mithraeum-1044292.jpg
  • Lely's Venus (Aphrodite) in the British Museum, London. Here, the Godess Venus is surprised as she bathes, her water jar resting on her thigh. She crouches naked and attempts to cover herself with arms and hands. Naked Aphrodite was a popular subject with ancient Greek sculptors as she was with the Romans who called her Venus. This statue is a Roman copy of the Greek original, probably made in the 1st or 2nd century.
    british_museum17-14-01-2016.jpg
  • Exhibits of Ancient artefacts in the Roman German museum, Cologne.
    _MG_1281.jpg
  • Exhibits of Ancient artefacts in the Roman German museum, Cologne.
    _MG_1266.jpg
  • Exhibits of Ancient artefacts in the Roman German museum, Cologne.
    _MG_1263.jpg
  • Exhibits of Ancient artefacts in the Roman German museum, Cologne.
    _MG_1253.jpg
  • Person praying at Roman Catholic Cathedral of St Dionysius. Built in 1865, this stone basilica displays an interesting portico, resting upon a marble colonnade. The evocative interior reveals three separate naves with an abundance of marble columns and haunting frescoes. Athens is the capital and largest city of Greece. It dominates the Attica periphery and is one of the world's oldest cities, as its recorded history spans around 3,400 years. Classical Athens was a powerful city-state. A centre for the arts, learning and philosophy.
    20110921church of dionysius athensM.jpg
  • Roman Catholic Cathedral of St Dionysius. Built in 1865, this stone basilica displays an interesting portico, resting upon a marble colonnade. The evocative interior reveals three separate naves with an abundance of marble columns and haunting frescoes. Athens is the capital and largest city of Greece. It dominates the Attica periphery and is one of the world's oldest cities, as its recorded history spans around 3,400 years. Classical Athens was a powerful city-state. A centre for the arts, learning and philosophy.
    20110921church of dionysius athensK.jpg
  • Icon of God and orchids at Roman Catholic Cathedral of St Dionysius. Built in 1865, this stone basilica displays an interesting portico, resting upon a marble colonnade. The evocative interior reveals three separate naves with an abundance of marble columns and haunting frescoes. Athens is the capital and largest city of Greece. It dominates the Attica periphery and is one of the world's oldest cities, as its recorded history spans around 3,400 years. Classical Athens was a powerful city-state. A centre for the arts, learning and philosophy.
    20110921church of dionysius athensH.jpg
  • Roman Catholic Cathedral of St Dionysius. Built in 1865, this stone basilica displays an interesting portico, resting upon a marble colonnade. The evocative interior reveals three separate naves with an abundance of marble columns and haunting frescoes. Athens is the capital and largest city of Greece. It dominates the Attica periphery and is one of the world's oldest cities, as its recorded history spans around 3,400 years. Classical Athens was a powerful city-state. A centre for the arts, learning and philosophy.
    20110921church of dionysius athensG.jpg
  • Roman Catholic Cathedral of St Dionysius. Built in 1865, this stone basilica displays an interesting portico, resting upon a marble colonnade. The evocative interior reveals three separate naves with an abundance of marble columns and haunting frescoes. Athens is the capital and largest city of Greece. It dominates the Attica periphery and is one of the world's oldest cities, as its recorded history spans around 3,400 years. Classical Athens was a powerful city-state. A centre for the arts, learning and philosophy.
    20110921church of dionysius athensF.jpg
  • Roman Catholic Cathedral of St Dionysius. Built in 1865, this stone basilica displays an interesting portico, resting upon a marble colonnade. The evocative interior reveals three separate naves with an abundance of marble columns and haunting frescoes. Athens is the capital and largest city of Greece. It dominates the Attica periphery and is one of the world's oldest cities, as its recorded history spans around 3,400 years. Classical Athens was a powerful city-state. A centre for the arts, learning and philosophy.
    20110921church of dionysius athensB.jpg
  • Atmospheric lighting helps display the reconstructed mid-3rd century Roman Mithraeum also known as the Temple of Mithras, Walbrook where bull-sacrifice was practised, now beneath Bloombergs new European headquarters and open to the public, on 26th November 2017, in the City of London, England.
    mithraeum-05-26-11-2017.jpg
  • Atmospheric lighting helps display the reconstructed mid-3rd century Roman Mithraeum also known as the Temple of Mithras, Walbrook where bull-sacrifice was practised, now beneath Bloombergs new European headquarters and open to the public, on 26th November 2017, in the City of London, England.
    mithraeum-03-26-11-2017.jpg
  • Exhibits of Ancient artefacts in the Roman German museum, Cologne.
    _MG_1276.jpg
  • In an archaeologists' shed at the site of further excavations in Pompeii, Italy, the bones of an ancient Roman citizen is spread out on a metal sheet after being uncovered from Volcanic ash and pumice. Pompeii was buried beneath metres of toxic material from Mount Versuvius in May AD79 and this person was suffocated then crushed from falling debris. Preserved in a shell of volcanic material it is to be examined for desease yielding clues as to its lifestyle and eating habits. The skeletal remains are clearly identifiable with spinal column vertibrae, one jaw still containing teeth and various pieces of bone have been recovered. Many bodies littered a rooftop here proving that many survivors of the first eruption perished after the second many hours later.
    pompeii02-15-12-2007 .jpg
  • Person praying at Roman Catholic Cathedral of St Dionysius. Built in 1865, this stone basilica displays an interesting portico, resting upon a marble colonnade. The evocative interior reveals three separate naves with an abundance of marble columns and haunting frescoes. Athens is the capital and largest city of Greece. It dominates the Attica periphery and is one of the world's oldest cities, as its recorded history spans around 3,400 years. Classical Athens was a powerful city-state. A centre for the arts, learning and philosophy.
    20110921church of dionysius athensL.jpg
  • Roman Catholic Cathedral of St Dionysius. Built in 1865, this stone basilica displays an interesting portico, resting upon a marble colonnade. The evocative interior reveals three separate naves with an abundance of marble columns and haunting frescoes. Athens is the capital and largest city of Greece. It dominates the Attica periphery and is one of the world's oldest cities, as its recorded history spans around 3,400 years. Classical Athens was a powerful city-state. A centre for the arts, learning and philosophy.
    20110921church of dionysius athensJ.jpg
  • Icon of God and orchids at Roman Catholic Cathedral of St Dionysius. Built in 1865, this stone basilica displays an interesting portico, resting upon a marble colonnade. The evocative interior reveals three separate naves with an abundance of marble columns and haunting frescoes. Athens is the capital and largest city of Greece. It dominates the Attica periphery and is one of the world's oldest cities, as its recorded history spans around 3,400 years. Classical Athens was a powerful city-state. A centre for the arts, learning and philosophy.
    20110921church of dionysius athensI.jpg
  • Roman Catholic Cathedral of St Dionysius. Built in 1865, this stone basilica displays an interesting portico, resting upon a marble colonnade. The evocative interior reveals three separate naves with an abundance of marble columns and haunting frescoes. Athens is the capital and largest city of Greece. It dominates the Attica periphery and is one of the world's oldest cities, as its recorded history spans around 3,400 years. Classical Athens was a powerful city-state. A centre for the arts, learning and philosophy.
    20110921church of dionysius athensE.jpg
  • Person praying at Roman Catholic Cathedral of St Dionysius. Built in 1865, this stone basilica displays an interesting portico, resting upon a marble colonnade. The evocative interior reveals three separate naves with an abundance of marble columns and haunting frescoes. Athens is the capital and largest city of Greece. It dominates the Attica periphery and is one of the world's oldest cities, as its recorded history spans around 3,400 years. Classical Athens was a powerful city-state. A centre for the arts, learning and philosophy.
    20110921church of dionysius athensD.jpg
  • Roman Catholic Cathedral of St Dionysius. Built in 1865, this stone basilica displays an interesting portico, resting upon a marble colonnade. The evocative interior reveals three separate naves with an abundance of marble columns and haunting frescoes. Athens is the capital and largest city of Greece. It dominates the Attica periphery and is one of the world's oldest cities, as its recorded history spans around 3,400 years. Classical Athens was a powerful city-state. A centre for the arts, learning and philosophy.
    20110921church of dionysius athensC.jpg
  • Crucifix in Roman Catholic Cathedral of Saint Dionysus. Built in 1865, this stone basilica displays an interesting portico, resting upon a marble colonnade. The evocative interior reveals three separate naves with an abundance of marble columns and haunting frescoes. Athens is the capital and largest city of Greece. It dominates the Attica periphery and is one of the world's oldest cities, as its recorded history spans around 3,400 years. Classical Athens was a powerful city-state. A centre for the arts, learning and philosophy.
    20110921church of dionysius athensA.jpg
  • Now re-opened after months of closure during the Coronavirus pandemic, some of the first visitors who have pre-booked free tickets, once again enjoy Lely's Venus (Aphrodite) the historical artifacts at the British Museum, on 2nd September 2020, in London, England. Naked Aphrodite was a popular subject with ancient Greek sculptors as she was with the Romans who called her Venus. This statue is a Roman copy of the Greek original, probably made in the 1st or 2nd century.
    british_museum32-02-09-2020.jpg
  • The day after UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson addressed the nation with his roadmap for the coming weeks and months during the Coronavirus pandemic lockdown, is the inscription ‘The Health of the People is the Highest Law’ - a quote translated from the Latin, of Roman philosopher Ciceros ‘De Legibus’ speech: “Salus populi suprema lex esto. The quote is above the main doorway of Walworth Clinic on Walworth Road in south London, a 1937 Grade II listed Art Deco building whose concept predated the establishment of the National Health Service, on 11th May 2020, in London, England.
    coronavirus_elephant&Castle-13-11-05...jpg
  • Street scene in the ancient town of Spello in Umbria, Italy. The densely inhabited town is a well known tourist destination, built of stone,and is of decidedly medieval aspect, and is enclosed in a circuit of medieval walls on Roman foundations.
    20180819_spello streets_005.jpg
  • Casa Romana in Spoleto, Umbria, Italy. This is a restored Roman house with mosaic floors, indicating it was built in the 1st century, and overlooked the Forum Square. An inscription by Polla to Emperor Caligula suggests the house was that of Vespasia Polla, the mother of Emperor Vespasian.
    20180809_spoleto casa romana_011.jpg
  • Casa Romana in Spoleto, Umbria, Italy. This is a restored Roman house with mosaic floors, indicating it was built in the 1st century, and overlooked the Forum Square. An inscription by Polla to Emperor Caligula suggests the house was that of Vespasia Polla, the mother of Emperor Vespasian.
    20180809_spoleto casa romana_010.jpg
  • Casa Romana in Spoleto, Umbria, Italy. This is a restored Roman house with mosaic floors, indicating it was built in the 1st century, and overlooked the Forum Square. An inscription by Polla to Emperor Caligula suggests the house was that of Vespasia Polla, the mother of Emperor Vespasian.
    20180809_spoleto casa romana_005.jpg
  • Casa Romana in Spoleto, Umbria, Italy. This is a restored Roman house with mosaic floors, indicating it was built in the 1st century, and overlooked the Forum Square. An inscription by Polla to Emperor Caligula suggests the house was that of Vespasia Polla, the mother of Emperor Vespasian.
    20180809_spoleto casa romana_006.jpg
  • Casa Romana in Spoleto, Umbria, Italy. This is a restored Roman house with mosaic floors, indicating it was built in the 1st century, and overlooked the Forum Square. An inscription by Polla to Emperor Caligula suggests the house was that of Vespasia Polla, the mother of Emperor Vespasian.
    20180809_spoleto casa romana_002.jpg
  • Casa Romana in Spoleto, Umbria, Italy. This is a restored Roman house with mosaic floors, indicating it was built in the 1st century, and overlooked the Forum Square. An inscription by Polla to Emperor Caligula suggests the house was that of Vespasia Polla, the mother of Emperor Vespasian.
    20180809_spoleto casa romana_003.jpg
  • Tourists at the Piazza Inferiore di San Francesco at the Basilica of San Francesco dAssisi in Assisi, Umbria, Italy. The Papal Basilica of Saint Francis of Assisi is the mother church of the Roman Catholic Order of Friars Minor Conventual in Assisi, a town of Umbria region in central Italy, where Saint Francis was born and died. The basilica is one of the most important places of Christian pilgrimage in Italy. Assisi is a town in the Province of Perugia in the Umbria region, on the western flank of Monte Subasio. It is generally regarded as the birthplace of the Latin poet Propertius, and is the birthplace of St. Francis, who founded the Franciscan religious order in the town in 1208, and St. Clare, Chiara dOffreducci, the founder of the Poor Sisters, which later became the Order of Poor Clares after her death. Assisi is now a major tourist destination for those sightseeing or for more religious reasons.
    20180815_assisi piazza_002.jpg
  • Tourists at the Piazza Inferiore di San Francesco at the Basilica of San Francesco dAssisi in Assisi, Umbria, Italy. The Papal Basilica of Saint Francis of Assisi is the mother church of the Roman Catholic Order of Friars Minor Conventual in Assisi, a town of Umbria region in central Italy, where Saint Francis was born and died. The basilica is one of the most important places of Christian pilgrimage in Italy. Assisi is a town in the Province of Perugia in the Umbria region, on the western flank of Monte Subasio. It is generally regarded as the birthplace of the Latin poet Propertius, and is the birthplace of St. Francis, who founded the Franciscan religious order in the town in 1208, and St. Clare, Chiara dOffreducci, the founder of the Poor Sisters, which later became the Order of Poor Clares after her death. Assisi is now a major tourist destination for those sightseeing or for more religious reasons.
    20180815_assisi piazza_001.jpg
  • Exterior view over the Basilica of San Francesco dAssisi and the valley to the west in Assisi, Umbria, Italy. The Papal Basilica of Saint Francis of Assisi is the mother church of the Roman Catholic Order of Friars Minor Conventual in Assisi, a town of Umbria region in central Italy, where Saint Francis was born and died. The basilica is one of the most important places of Christian pilgrimage in Italy. Assisi is a town in the Province of Perugia in the Umbria region, on the western flank of Monte Subasio. It is generally regarded as the birthplace of the Latin poet Propertius, and is the birthplace of St. Francis, who founded the Franciscan religious order in the town in 1208, and St. Clare, Chiara dOffreducci, the founder of the Poor Sisters, which later became the Order of Poor Clares after her death. Assisi is now a major tourist destination for those sightseeing or for more religious reasons.
    20180815_assisi basilica view_002.jpg
  • Tourists outside the Basilica of San Francesco dAssisi in Assisi, Umbria, Italy. The Papal Basilica of Saint Francis of Assisi is the mother church of the Roman Catholic Order of Friars Minor Conventual in Assisi, a town of Umbria region in central Italy, where Saint Francis was born and died. The basilica is one of the most important places of Christian pilgrimage in Italy. Assisi is a town in the Province of Perugia in the Umbria region, on the western flank of Monte Subasio. It is generally regarded as the birthplace of the Latin poet Propertius, and is the birthplace of St. Francis, who founded the Franciscan religious order in the town in 1208, and St. Clare, Chiara dOffreducci, the founder of the Poor Sisters, which later became the Order of Poor Clares after her death. Assisi is now a major tourist destination for those sightseeing or for more religious reasons.
    20180815_assisi basilica tourists_00...jpg
  • View at sunset over the Basilica of San Francesco dAssisi and the valley to the west in Assisi, Umbria, Italy. The Papal Basilica of Saint Francis of Assisi is the mother church of the Roman Catholic Order of Friars Minor Conventual in Assisi, a town of Umbria region in central Italy, where Saint Francis was born and died. The basilica is one of the most important places of Christian pilgrimage in Italy. Assisi is a town in the Province of Perugia in the Umbria region, on the western flank of Monte Subasio. It is generally regarded as the birthplace of the Latin poet Propertius, and is the birthplace of St. Francis, who founded the Franciscan religious order in the town in 1208, and St. Clare, Chiara dOffreducci, the founder of the Poor Sisters, which later became the Order of Poor Clares after her death. Assisi is now a major tourist destination for those sightseeing or for more religious reasons.
    20180815_assisi basilica sunset_014.jpg
  • Ornately painted interior of the Basilica of San Francesco dAssisi in Assisi, Umbria, Italy. The Papal Basilica of Saint Francis of Assisi is the mother church of the Roman Catholic Order of Friars Minor Conventual in Assisi, a town of Umbria region in central Italy, where Saint Francis was born and died. The basilica is one of the most important places of Christian pilgrimage in Italy. Assisi is a town in the Province of Perugia in the Umbria region, on the western flank of Monte Subasio. It is generally regarded as the birthplace of the Latin poet Propertius, and is the birthplace of St. Francis, who founded the Franciscan religious order in the town in 1208, and St. Clare, Chiara dOffreducci, the founder of the Poor Sisters, which later became the Order of Poor Clares after her death. Assisi is now a major tourist destination for those sightseeing or for more religious reasons.
    20180815_assisi basilica interior_00...jpg
  • Ornately painted interior of the Basilica of San Francesco dAssisi in Assisi, Umbria, Italy. The Papal Basilica of Saint Francis of Assisi is the mother church of the Roman Catholic Order of Friars Minor Conventual in Assisi, a town of Umbria region in central Italy, where Saint Francis was born and died. The basilica is one of the most important places of Christian pilgrimage in Italy. Assisi is a town in the Province of Perugia in the Umbria region, on the western flank of Monte Subasio. It is generally regarded as the birthplace of the Latin poet Propertius, and is the birthplace of St. Francis, who founded the Franciscan religious order in the town in 1208, and St. Clare, Chiara dOffreducci, the founder of the Poor Sisters, which later became the Order of Poor Clares after her death. Assisi is now a major tourist destination for those sightseeing or for more religious reasons.
    20180815_assisi basilica interior_00...jpg
  • Exterior with tourists at the Basilica of San Francesco dAssisi in Assisi, Umbria, Italy. The Papal Basilica of Saint Francis of Assisi is the mother church of the Roman Catholic Order of Friars Minor Conventual in Assisi, a town of Umbria region in central Italy, where Saint Francis was born and died. The basilica is one of the most important places of Christian pilgrimage in Italy. Assisi is a town in the Province of Perugia in the Umbria region, on the western flank of Monte Subasio. It is generally regarded as the birthplace of the Latin poet Propertius, and is the birthplace of St. Francis, who founded the Franciscan religious order in the town in 1208, and St. Clare, Chiara dOffreducci, the founder of the Poor Sisters, which later became the Order of Poor Clares after her death. Assisi is now a major tourist destination for those sightseeing or for more religious reasons.
    20180815_assisi basilica exterior_00...jpg
  • Exterior with tourists at the Basilica of San Francesco dAssisi in Assisi, Umbria, Italy. The Papal Basilica of Saint Francis of Assisi is the mother church of the Roman Catholic Order of Friars Minor Conventual in Assisi, a town of Umbria region in central Italy, where Saint Francis was born and died. The basilica is one of the most important places of Christian pilgrimage in Italy. Assisi is a town in the Province of Perugia in the Umbria region, on the western flank of Monte Subasio. It is generally regarded as the birthplace of the Latin poet Propertius, and is the birthplace of St. Francis, who founded the Franciscan religious order in the town in 1208, and St. Clare, Chiara dOffreducci, the founder of the Poor Sisters, which later became the Order of Poor Clares after her death. Assisi is now a major tourist destination for those sightseeing or for more religious reasons.
    20180815_assisi basilica exterior_00...jpg
  • A wheelchair user moves between 2nd century Roman copies from Greek originals of Demeter holding a torch L and Gannymede with the eagle of Zeus R, in the Enlightenment Gallery of the British Museum, on 11th April 2018, in London, England.
    british_museum-50-11-04-2018.jpg
  • 2nd century Roman copies from Greek originals of Demeter holding a torch L and Gannymede with the eagle of Zeus R, in the Enlightenment Gallery of the British Museum, on 11th April 2018, in London, England.
    british_museum-46-11-04-2018.jpg
  • A sculpture of Cupid, a 2nd century Roman copy of a Greek original, in the Enlightenment Gallery of the British Museum, on 11th April 2018, in London, England.
    british_museum-45-11-04-2018.jpg
  • A lady visitor admires a sculpture of Cupid, a 2nd century Roman copy of a Greek original, in the Enlightenment Gallery of the British Museum, on 11th April 2018, in London, England.
    british_museum-43-11-04-2018.jpg
  • Visitors to the Enlightenment Gallery of the British Museum do selfies under Discoblus, the 2nd century AD Roman copy of Myrons 450-440BC original sculpture, on 28th February 2017, in London, England. It was discovered, minus its original head, in 1791 in Hadrians villa at Tivoli, near Rome.
    british_museum-18-27-02-2017.jpg
  • Visitors to the Enlightenment Gallery of the British Museum  admire Discoblus, the 2nd century AD Roman copy of Myrons 450-440BC original sculpture, on 28th February 2017, in London, England. It was discovered, minus its original head, in 1791 in Hadrians villa at Tivoli, near Rome.
    british_museum-14-27-02-2017.jpg
  • Night shot overview of the Roman Forum, Rome, Italy.
    _DSF0702_1.jpg
  • Overhead view of the Roman Forum, Rome, Italy.
    _DSF0381_1.jpg
  • Two Catholic nuns from the Asia region have walked from St Peter's Square in Vatican City, though Piazza Pio XII and are continuing down the wide street called Via della Conciliazione. Dressed in fine religious gowns complete with beautiful sashes around the waste they walk in step past a shop called Galleria Savelli that sells religious trinkets and other tourist ephemera. Sat basking in the sun is a dalmatian dog with its coat of dark spots and white skin as clean as the nuns' long dresses. Near the centre of the picture are the postcards of the Cisteen chapel and of Pope John Paul II who is seen waving at various Papal events. Also spotless is the Roman pavement which has been swept and cleaned very recently. In the distance is the magnificant Basilica di San Pietro from where the Pope addresses the weekly crowds.
    rome_nuns01.jpg
  • Tourists admire the statue of Diana of Versailles, a slightly over lifesize marble statue of the Greek goddess Artemis (Latin: Diana), with a deer, located in the Musée du Louvre, Paris. It is a Roman copy (1st or 2nd century AD) of a lost Greek bronze original attributed to Leochares, c. 325 BC. The statue is also known as Diana à la Biche, Diane Chasseresse ("Diana Huntress"), Artemis of the Chase, and Artemis with the Hind. The Musée du Louvre is one of the world's largest museums, the most visited art museum in the world and a historic monument. A central landmark of Paris, France, it has  100,000 objects from prehistory to the 19th century are exhibited over an area of 60,600 square metres (652,300 square feet).
    louvre_paris27-17-08-2012.jpg
  • Tourist ties his shoelace under the gaze of the statue of Ares (Mars), the 1st-2nd century A.D. Roman marble 2.11 metres statue. The Musée du Louvre is one of the world's largest museums, the most visited art museum in the world and a historic monument. A central landmark of Paris, France, it is located on the Right Bank of the Seine in the 1st arrondissement (district). Nearly 100,000 objects from prehistory to the 19th century are exhibited over an area of 60,600 square metres (652,300 square feet).
    louvre_paris18-17-08-2012.jpg
  • The day after UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson addressed the nation with his roadmap for the coming weeks and months during the Coronavirus pandemic lockdown, is the inscription ‘The Health of the People is the Highest Law’ - a quote translated from the Latin, of Roman philosopher Ciceros ‘De Legibus’ speech: “Salus populi suprema lex esto. The quote is above the main doorway of Walworth Clinic on Walworth Road in south London, a 1937 Grade II listed Art Deco building whose concept predated the establishment of the National Health Service, on 11th May 2020, in London, England.
    coronavirus_elephant&Castle-11-11-05...jpg
Next
  • Facebook
  • Twitter
x

In Pictures

  • About
  • Contact
  • Join In Pictures
  • Archive
    • All Galleries
    • Search
    • Cart
    • Lightbox
    • Client Area