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United Kingdom

July 2012
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One of the most celebrated artefacts in the British Museum... the Portland Vase: scene 1 - Dionysos greeting Ariadne with her sacred serpent, in the sacred grove for their marriage(symbolized by the winged cherub with a nuptial torch) in the presence of his foster-father, Silenus.
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One of the most celebrated artefacts in the British Museum... the Portland Vase: scene 1 - Dionysos greeting Ariadne with her sacred serpent, in the sacred grove for their marriage(symbolized by the winged cherub with a nuptial torch) in the presence of his foster-father, Silenus.

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  • Brompton Cemetery monuments: angels everywhere.
  • Gangsta chic @ Harrods.
  • Entrance to the British Museum.
  • British Museum pediment detail.
  • Piccadilly Circus.
  • London skyline with Westminster Abbey, Big Ben, the Gherkin and assorted construction projects. View from the bell tower of Westminster Cathedral.
  • Evil dolphin @ Leicester Square.
  • The British Museum: Parthenon Marbles Gallery.
  • The British Museum, Parthenon Marbles Gallery: Battle of a Lapith and Centaur (Centauromachy), from the Temple of Athena Parthenos.
  • The British Museum, Parthenon Marbles Gallery: Battle of a Lapith and Centaur (Centauromachy), from the Temple of Athena Parthenos.
  • The British Museum, Parthenon Marbles Gallery: processional frieze from the Temple of Athena Parthenos.
  • The British Museum, Parthenon Marbles Gallery: processional frieze from the Temple of Athena Parthenos.
  • The British Museum, Parthenon Marbles Gallery: processional frieze from the Temple of Athena Parthenos.
  • British Museum: frieze from the tomb of Mausolos at Halicarnassus.
  • British Museum: frieze from the tomb of Mausolos at Halicarnassus.
  • British Museum: frieze of a Maenad and Bacchanalian celebrants.
  • One of the most celebrated artefacts in the British Museum... the Portland Vase: scene 1 - Dionysos greeting Ariadne with her sacred serpent, in the sacred grove for their marriage(symbolized by the winged cherub with a nuptial torch) in the presence of his foster-father, Silenus.
  • One of the most celebrated artefacts in the British Museum... the Portland Vase: scene 2 - a divinatory dream by Hecuba that the Judgement of Paris would lead to the destruction of Troy.
  • British Museum: bust of Roman Emperor Antoninus Pius.
  • Victoria & Albert Museum: frieze with a Romano-Gaulish battle theme.
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