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Pompeii: Temple of Isis, painting of white ibis



Pompeii: Temple of Isis, painting of white ibis (Naples Mus.Arch.; photo: Athena Review)


Detail of a white ibis (Ibis religiosa), an Egyptian water bird considered sacred, from the foreground of a fantasy landsape in the Temple of Isis.

The painting is displayed in the National Archaeological Museum of Naples.


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