Art and antiquities (4900 Subjects)
Roman vases and busts from Marsala (anc. Lilybaeum), Sicily.
1. The entrance to the grotto of Sibyl, today Church of Saint John the Baptist in Marsala, Sicily. 2. Plan of the Sibyl's Cave. 3. Mosaic from the same grotto.
1. Relief showing a scene from Greek mythology: Meleager with the Calydonian boar. 2. Funerary monument in Sicily.
Relief showing a scene from the myth of Proserpina, Roman deity equivalent to Greek Persephone. Archaelogical findings from Sicily.
Reliefs showing Amazonomachy scenes.
Topographical map of ancient Selinunte, showing the sites of ancient temples.
Temple A in Selinunte, Sicily.
Temple D in Selinunte, Sicily.
Temple E, dedicated to Hera, in Selinunte, Sicily.
Temple G, dedicated to Zeus, in Selinunte, Sicily.
Plan and reconstruction of architectural features from Temple G, dedicated to Zeus, in Selinunte, Sicily.
View and plan of the quarries of Selinunte, Sicily.
Antiquities from Sicily.
Ancient funerary urn from Sicily.
Ancient sarcophagi from Sicily.
Ancient column capital and sarcophagus from Monreale Cathedral, Sicily.
The Kastalian spring, Delphi.
View of the Parthenon from the Propylaea. Seated on the ground is Disdar Aga,the governor of the fortress of Acropolis. He has just been surprised by another member of the guard as he was sipping a glass of wine which he took from the travellers.
The west front of the Parthenon and the Erechtheion, from the Propylaea.
The Erechtheion from the southwest. In the distance, on the left, a group of Turkish musician who customarily performed on the Acropolis every day at three o'clock in the afternoon.
Gathering of devout Muslims at the Tower of the Winds in Athens, which was used as a tekije (dervish lodge). Sixteen ostrich eggs hang from the ceiling to avert the evil eye. A depiction of the first stage of the whirling dervishes' ritual: the faithful praise God and Prophet Muhammad.
The dance of the dervishes at the Tower of the Winds in Athens, which was used as a tekije (dervish lodge). Sixteen ostrich eggs hang from the ceiling to avert the evil eye. A depiction of the final stage of the whirling dervishes' ritual: The two main dancers whirl while holding each other by the sash. In green, wearing a white turban, the Sheich or head of the Dervishes, who animates the dancers with his voice and by playing the tambour.
The Gate of Mesogeia or Gate of Boubounistra, which was situated at the present-day junction of Amalias avenue with Othonos street. In the background, the fountain of Boubounistra.
View of the temple of Olympian Zeus and Ilissus river.
South-east view of the temple of Poseidon at Sounion.
The temple of Aphaia on Aegina island. The peasants who supplied the travellers with provisions during the latter's stay at the site.
The interior of the temple of Aphaia at Aegina.
The Monastery of Panagia Faneromeni on Salamis island.
The Gate of the Lions at Mycenae.
Plain of Ancient Olympia.