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This villa is paved extravagantly with fine mosaics depicting Rome’s rich and powerful.
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The ancient city of Ephesus offers temples, a towering library, and an impressive theater.
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Interstitials from Rick Steves showcasing Europe's great art and architecture.
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The excavated site of Pompeii gives a revealing look at a great Roman city.
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Roman sculptors specialized in ultra-realistic, warts-and-all portrait busts.
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The Pantheon gives us a feel for the magnificence of Roman engineering and aesthetics.
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Joyful Minoan frescoes are a testament to the sophistication of that early culture.
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Mosaics were a Roman forte, and frescoes often gave an intimate peek at Roman lives.
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Early art evolved from stick figures to the refined compositions of the Golden Age.
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What we know about the Etruscan civilization, we learned from art found in its tombs.
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Interstitials from Rick Steves showcasing Europe's great art and architecture.
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Athens’ surviving art and architecture from 500 BC tells the story of a thriving city.
