EditorialSiphnian Treasury, c. 525 BC. Marble of Paros. North frieze depicting a Gigantomachy. A lion biting a giant. The twins Artemis and Apollo fighting, the Giant Ephialtes lies dead on the ground. Archaeological Museum of Delphi, Greece.
EditorialHomo sapiens, Print, Homo sapiens is the only extant human species. The name is Latin for "wise man" and was introduced in 1758 by Carl Linnaeus (who is himself the lectotype for the species)., Siamese twins.
EditorialCervus africanus, Print, Cervus is a genus of deer that primarily are native to Eurasia, although one species occurs in northern Africa and another in North America. In addition to the species presently placed in this genus, it has included a whole ran...
EditorialShe-wolf suckling Romulus and Remus (mythical founders of Rome). Bronze group probably cast by the Etruscan Vulca in Veji (550 BCE) based on a Hellenistic-Ionian model. The twins werde added during the Renaissance.
EditorialPergamon Altar. Built by order of Eumenes II Soter. 164-156 BC by artists of the school of Pergamon. Marble and limestone. North frieze. Probably the twins Castor and Pollux. Castor is being grabbed from behind by a Giant who bites him in the arm and h...
EditorialGreek Art. Red-figure krater. It depicts Hermes, accompanied by the twins Thanatos and Hypnos, depositing a warrior in his grave. Metropolitan Museum. New York. USA.
EditorialHouse of Hermes on the island of Delos. According to Greek myths, it was the island on which Leto gave birth to Zeus' twins Apollo and Artemis, but strong merchant guilds composed of free men and liberated slaves venerated the God of Trade Hermes (6th-...
Editorial'View of the Capitol, Rome', c1761. The view shows the Capitol, the administrative centre of ancient and modern Rome. The Renaissance architecture of Michelangelo's Palazzo dei Conservatori fills the sheet in the background. In the foreground, stretchi...
EditorialRoma with Wolf and Twins above the Tiber River [reverse]. Dated: 1538. Dimensions: overall (diameter): 4.49 cm (1 3/4 in.) gross weight: 45.69 gr (0.101 lb.) axis: 4:00. Medium: bronze//Struck.
EditorialRoma with Wolf and Twins above the Tiber River [reverse]. Dated: 1538. Dimensions: overall (diameter): 4.49 cm (1 3/4 in.) gross weight: 45.69 gr (0.101 lb.) axis: 4:00. Medium: bronze//Struck.
EditorialBronze krater handles with figures of the Dioscuri. From Trebbia valley, Italy; 5th century BCE. The Dioscuri were Castor and Polydeuces (or Pollux), the twin sons of Leda and Zeus and the brothers of Helen of Troy. Because Zeus came to Leda in the for...
EditorialHouse of Hermes on the island of Delos. According to Greek myths, it was the island on which Leto gave birth to Zeus' twins Apollo and Artemis, but strong merchant guilds composed of free men and liberated slaves venerated the God of Trade Hermes (6th-...
EditorialPergamon Altar. Built by order of Eumenes II Soter. 164-156 BC by artists of the school of Pergamon. Marble and limestone. North frieze. Probably the twins Castor and Pollux. Castor is being grabbed from behind by a Giant who bites him in the arm and h...
EditorialThe Capitoline Wolf (Lupa Capitolina). Bronze sculpture of a she-wolf showing Romulus and Remus as suckling infants. Inspired by the legend of the founding of Rome. Although always has been dated as an Etruscan sculpture, 5th century B.C., recent studi...
EditorialPergamon Altar. Built by order of Eumenes II Soter. 164-156 BC by artists of the school of Pergamon. Marble and limestone. North frieze. Probably the twins Castor and Pollux. Castor is being grabbed from behind by a Giant who bites him in the arm and h...
EditorialGreek Art. Red-figure krater. It depicts Hermes, accompanied by the twins Thanatos and Hypnos, depositing a warrior in his grave. Metropolitan Museum. New York. USA.
EditorialThe Capitoline Wolf (Lupa Capitolina). Bronze sculpture of a she-wolf showing Romulus and Remus as suckling infants. Inspired by the legend of the founding of Rome. Although always has been dated as an Etruscan sculpture, 5th century B.C., recent studi...
EditorialBronze krater handles with figures of the Dioscuri. From Trebbia valley, Italy; 5th century BCE. The Dioscuri were Castor and Polydeuces (or Pollux), the twin sons of Leda and Zeus and the brothers of Helen of Troy. Because Zeus came to Leda in the for...
Editorial'View of the Capitol, Rome', c1761. The view shows the Capitol, the administrative centre of ancient and modern Rome. The Renaissance architecture of Michelangelo's Palazzo dei Conservatori fills the sheet in the background. In the foreground, stretchi...
EditorialShe-wolf suckling Romulus and Remus (mythical founders of Rome). Bronze group probably cast by the Etruscan Vulca in Veji (550 BCE) based on a Hellenistic-Ionian model. The twins werde added during the Renaissance.
EditorialHouse of Hermes on the island of Delos. According to Greek myths, it was the island on which Leto gave birth to Zeus' twins Apollo and Artemis, but strong merchant guilds composed of free men and liberated slaves venerated the God of Trade Hermes (6th-...