Day 3 - Muses In The Round

The Room Of The Muses

Leaving the outdoors our tour entered the Room of the Muses named for the seven statues of the muses featured here, including the leader Apollo which is now just a torso, residing in the middle of the room. The torso is a first century BC fragment, signed by the Athenian Apollonius.

One of many amazing ceilings

The ceiling.

More amazing work, and the crowds headed to Sistine Chapel

The room itself, with the Apollo fragment in the middle of the image.

The Round Room

The tour continues into the Round Room which holds a monolothic porphyry basin, over 4 metres in diameter!

And the ceiling of the Round Room

And there's another dome.

Statue in the Round Room

And more amazing statues.

The Greek Cross Room

Sarcophageus of Emperor Constantine's wife.

The major attraction in this room is the two porphyry sarcophagii. This is the one for St. Helen, the mother of the Emperor Constantine. The other (decorated differently) is for the emperor's daughter.

Inside The Museum

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