Illustration
Etruscan red-figured stamnos with depiction of a journey to the Underworld. The deceased lies on a cart pulled by mules. From Bomarzo (Italy). Around 300 BCE. (Altes Museum, Berlin)
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Carole maintains the popular ancient history photo-blog Following Hadrian, where she travels the world in the footsteps of emperor Hadrian.
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