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Bronze Panther – suporting image for goat-fish

This female panther is also a bronze sculpture from the same time frame as the goat-fish hybrid; (1-2nd century AD). This piece is held in the Metropolitan museum…

Goatfish- sea-goats- capricorn

This piece was found in Burrington, Somerset, UK, by an individual using a metal detector, and is now held at the Museum of Somerset in Taunton, Somerset in…

The Vestibule of Pan and Eros

The Vestibule of Eros and Pan is found in a huge Villa that was built in the 4th century AD, in Sicily. The floors of this villa are…

Vestibule of Eros and Pan – our preliminary

Roman Mosaic: The Vestibule of Pan and Eros. This image is a large mosaic with multiple figures. In the centre, Pan and Eros appear to be meeting, followed…

Supporting image for Aphrodite mosaic

This painting “The birth of Venus” also shows the birth of Aphrodite out of a shell (Venus is the Roman name for Aphrodite). It´s one of the most…

Supporting image for Aphrodite mosaic

This picture shows a view into the Zeugma Mosaic Museum in Gaziantep, Turkey, where the mosaic of Aphrodite´s birth can be found.

Supporting image for the image of Amphirite’s cupids

This is a supporting image for the image of Amphirite’s cupids and it shows how Amphirite looks like.

Supporting image for griffin mosaic

The map shows the imperial district of ancient Constantinople. The griffin mosaic was part of the courtyard of the Great Palace.

Supporting image for griffin mosaic

This picture shows the inside of the Great Palace Mosaic Museum in Istanbul, where the griffin mosaic can be seen today.

Limestone ritual basin decorated with goatfish figures.

This basin carved from limestone is held at the Louvre. It was found in Susa, and dates from C 13th or 12th BC, a time when the Elamites…

Pan – Supporting image for ‘Aphrodite, Pan, and Eros’ statue

Pan was the god of shepherds and flocks, mountains, hunting, and music. He wandered the mountains and forests playing his pan-pipes and chasing Nymphs. He is depicted as…

Goat-Fish: Preliminary description

This is some kind of metal sculpture of a fish body and a goad head, however this goat has no horns. The detail is intrinsic in the lines…