Vatican Visions
Interesting artifacts and art at the Vatican Museums and St. Peter’s Basilica Italy, 11/9/2017
Ancient Egyptian hieroglyphs in limestone
Ankh archway
"Eagle-headed winged genius worshiping the sacred tree"
"Winged genius kneeling in front of the sacred tree"
"Coptic funerary stela of Tabine and Sara, 9-10th century B.C."
Ancient Egyptian painted sarcophagus
Ceiling
Moses
Mosaic floor
Athena floor mosaic
Canis Major on a vessel
Hermanubis
Granite lioness goddess Sekhmet from Temple of Mut, 1391-1353 B.C.
Ancient Egyptian gods and goddesses statuettes
Laocoon
Pan
Mithraic Lion Being
Tapestry of The Resurrection of Christ, from the workshop of Flemish painter Pieter van Aelst, 1524-1531, based on the cartoons of Raphael
Ascension of Jesus
Bibles
St. Francis on the ceiling
Ceiling in the Room of the Fire
Adam and Eve in the Raphael room
Disputation of the Sacrament, by Raphael 1509-1510
Statuette of Mary in front of Proclamation of the dogma of the Immaculate Conception, by Francesco Podesti, 1859-1861
Woman of the Apocalypse
Painting on the ceiling
View of plaza from basilica dome
Ancient Egyptian obelisk in St. Peter's Square
Front of St. Peter's Basilica
Tomb of Alexander VII, Bernini 1671-8
St Peter's baldachin, Bernini 1623-34
Michelangelo's Pieta, 1498–1499