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Villa of the Mysteries, Pompeii, Overview of the Room of the Mysteries [access restricted]

Villa of the Mysteries, Cubiculum 16: Second Style Wall Painting and Mosaic Scendiletti [access restricted]

Villa of the Mysteries, Cubiculum 16, Second Style Wall Painting [access restricted]

Pompeii, Villa of the Mysteries, Plan, C. 60 B.C. [access restricted]

Villa of the Mysteries, Room 16. Second Style Painting [access restricted]

Villa of the Mysteries, Tablinum, Third-Style Painting [access restricted]

Pompeii, Villa of the Mysteries, Plan of the Original Building [access restricted]

Villa of the Mysteries, Detail of Wall Painting

Villa of the Mysteries, Detail of Wall Painting: Bride at her Toilet?

Villa of the Mysteries, Wall Painting, Detail of Whipping Scene

Pompeii, Villa of the Mysteries, Detail of Wall Painting

Great Frieze of the Villa of the Mysteries: group at table. A seated woman uncovers a tray brought in by an attendant. To the right, a Silenus with lyrie leans against a column.

Great Frieze of the Villa of the Mysteries: a nymph suckles a goat; a startled woman turns away from the whipping scene across the corner of the room.

Great Frieze of the Villa of the Mysteries: Silenus performing diviniation with bowl

Great Frieze of the Villa of the Mysteries: initiate being whipped; dancing meanad next to her.

Great Frieze of the Villa of the Mysteries: bride preparing for wedding?

Great Frieze of the Villa of the Mysteries: the domina figure.

Great Frieze of the Villa of the Mysteries: Eros.

Pompeii, Villa of the Mysteries: exterior view

Great Frieze of the Villa of the Mysteries: door and first scene with young boy reading from scroll

Great Frieze of the Villa of the Mysteries: Dionysus.

Great Frieze of the Villa of the Mysteries: first group with young boy reading from scroll.