Alan H's photos

Insula of Giove and Ganimede

Insula of Giove and Ganimede

13 Apr 2006 199
Ostia Antica.
Via di Diana

Via di Diana

13 Apr 2006 183
Ostia Antica. April 2006.
House of Diana

House of Diana

13 Apr 2006 180
Ostia Antica.
Capitolium

Capitolium

13 Apr 2006 162
Temple of Jupiter, Juno and Minerva, Ostia Antica
Overview of Ostia

Overview of Ostia

13 Apr 2006 162
Ostia Antica.
Courtyard of the Thermopolium

Courtyard of the Thermopolium

13 Apr 2006 173
Ostia Antica.
Thermopolium Floor

Thermopolium Floor

13 Apr 2006 210
Ostia Antica.
Thermopolium

Thermopolium

13 Apr 2006 195
Frescos showing some of the food available in the thermopolium.
Thermopolium

Thermopolium

13 Apr 2006 179
The marble counter of the thermopolium where food and hot drinks could be purchased - an ancient fast-food outlet!
House of Diana

House of Diana

13 Apr 2006 142
Ostia Antica.
Floor Tiles

Floor Tiles

13 Apr 2006 181
Showing a herring-bone pattern of floor tiles very common in Ostia (and elsewhere in the Roman world).
Painted Wall Plaster

Painted Wall Plaster

13 Apr 2006 157
The Severan painting from the first floor of the House of Diana, now in a ground-floor room. Ostia Antica.
Via dei Balconi

Via dei Balconi

13 Apr 2006 196
Looking towards the museum, Ostia Antica.
Upper Floor Window

Upper Floor Window

13 Apr 2006 162
Ostia Antica.
Via dei Balconi

Via dei Balconi

13 Apr 2006 169
Ostia Antica.
Inscription

Inscription

13 Apr 2006 194
Ostia Antica.
Baker's Shop

Baker's Shop

13 Apr 2006 1 236
Shop belonging to one of Ostia's bakers showing the millstones for grinding the corn. Wooden shafts were inserted into the holes in the top part of the millstones. They were then tethered to donkeys who would walk in an endless circle so turning the millstone.
Castrum Walls

Castrum Walls

13 Apr 2006 301
Original walls of Ostia (Castrum).
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