We visited the Archeology Museum of Seville yesterday and really enjoyed it. Many of the artifacts are from the Roman City of Italica--- it's only 6 kilometers north of Seville and supposedly the first Roman city built outside the Italian Peninsula.
We plan to visit Italica in person when we return from Morocco next week but here's a little taste of how Roman and Greek Mythology jumped out at us. We'll post about the museum next.
Looks like Hermes right? It's the Roman God, Mercury.
Even with his head missing, the Mercury was gigantic! Gigi is tall and she came up to his toe!
This is Zeus' hand (it was gigantic too) holding a lightning bolt.
Can you read the label? 'Mano de Zeus'? Wow!
Here's Diana, a Roman Goddess.
Diana, Goddess of the hunt was probably holding a bow and arrow in those missing hands. She still looked fierce.
Her brother Apollo was nearby but we missed him! Baby-O was getting tired by this point and the museum was about to close.
Italica, the city where these treasures were found, was built for wounded soldiers to heal---the soldiers were wounded in the great battle of Ilipa during the second Punic War. The history of the battle of Ilipa , is extremely interesting; click back there to read about it.
The Battle of Ilipa is a fascinating tale about how missing breakfast can cost you, maddened elephants, and peoples with names like Celtiberians! If you want to see the playbook for the battle complete with visuals click here.)
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