February 28, 2005

Floor mosaic from a dining room (triclineum) in Pompeii(?), shows food scraps and mice eating them.

Vatican Museum, Rome, Italy

February 28, 2005

Floor mosaic from a dining room (triclineum) in Pompeii(?), shows food scraps and mice eating them.

Vatican Museum, Italy, Rome

February 28, 2005

Floor mosaic from a dining room (triclineum) in Pompeii(?), shows food scraps and mice eating them.

Italy, Rome, Vatican Museum

February 28, 2005

And theater masks.

Vatican Museum, Rome, Italy

March 12, 2005

Always surprising to see the bright colors.

Rome, Italy, Palatine Hill

March 12, 2005

Palatine Hill, Rome, Italy

March 19, 2005

They sure knew how to do floors, those Romans. Seems so contemporary!

Tivoli, Italy, Hadrian's Villa, ruins

March 19, 2005

More mosaics . . .

Hadrian's Villa, Italy, Tivoli, ruins

March 19, 2005

. . . all different patterns.

Italy, Tivoli, Hadrian's Villa, ruins

July 30, 2005

Vatican Gardens, Rome, Italy, Becky, Jennifer, statue