IMG_0467 - The Etruscan Museum. Greek vases were used as currency as there was no common money.
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IMG_0469 - The pine cone symbol of regeneration, is common to many ancient cultures.
IMG_0470 - Etruscan bronze warrior, "The Mars of Todi" from about 450-400 BC.
IMG_0472 - Black-figure pottery. A Greek, 3-phase firing technique from about the 6th century BC, gave the colours.
IMG_0474 - All these things were in one man's tomb, plus a woman and male friends. From 700 BC.
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IMG_0478 - The Candelabra Gallery. Restored by Pope Leo XIII in 1883-7. The Triumph of Truth over Falsehood.
IMG_0479 - The Vatican Galleries are popular, with good reason.
IMG_0480 - Diana, goddess of nature and hunting, women, childbirth and fertility (hence the bulls testicles).
IMG_0483 - Sicilian marble.