Search

Location: Altes Museum

The Severan Tondo, c. 200 C.E., 30.5 cm, tempera on wood (Altes Museum, Staatliche Museen, Berlin) — A family drama —Caracalla assassinates his brother and damns his memory.

The Severan Tondo: damnatio memoriae in ancient ...

by Dr. Steven Zucker and Dr. Beth Harris

Medea Sarcophagus, 140 - 150 C.E., marble, 65 x 227 cm (Altes Museum, Staatliche Museen zu Berlin) — One of the great myths of jealousy and revenge is carved into this sarcophagus. But why put this story on a coffin?

Medea Sarcophagus

by Dr. Steven Zucker and Dr. Beth Harris

Pair of Centaurs Fighting Cats of Prey from Hadrian's Villa, mosaic, c. 130 C.E. (Altes Museum, Berlin) — Discover the drama of this split second in time, as a centaur flights big cats for his life.

Pair of Centaurs Fighting Cats of Prey ...

by Dr. Beth Harris and Dr. Steven Zucker