Museum of antiquity; a description of ancient life: the employments, amusements, customs and habits, the cities, places, monuments and tombs, the literature and fine arts of 3,000 years ago (1887)
Yaggy, L. W, Haines, Thomas L · Des Moines, Iowa : G.S. Cline · leaf 112
nd nick-nacks. Amonof the mostcurious of these was a necklace composed of amulets, or charms,which, it will be observed, are all attributes of Isis and her at- DECORATIONS OF THE BED-CHAMBERS. 105 tendant, Anubis, or of her husband Osiris, here considered asBacchus. The mystic articles kept in the… … WALL PAINTING DISCOVERED AT POMPEII. slave who conducted the business of it. The first bed-chamberon the left had a similar communication with the store outside There are few houses in Pompeii in which the paintings aremore numerous or better preserved than in that which we are ex-amining. The…
Civilization · Classical antiquities
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