The Vatican Museums – Highlight Tours - School Travel

Gregorian Egyptian MuseumAntinoo/OsirisStatue of the divinity Antinous/Osiris in white marble, signifying Upper Egypt. The statues of theSerapeum of the Canopus demonstrate how the emperor Hadrian had deified his favouriteAntinous, who drowned precisely in the canal called the Canopus which linked Alexandria to themain branch of the Nile, through his assimilation with Osiris, the god who dies and is reborn, in histurn already associated by the Ptolomies with Serapis, Alexandrian divinity of salvation.Gregorian Etruscan MuseumFibulaAmong the splendid gold ornaments that decorated the body of the deceased placed in the endcell, there is an enormous fibula (ancient version of the modern safety pin, used for holding anddecorating clothes) decorated with geometrical motifs, of plant and animal inspiration, executedwith various sophisticated techniques: granulation, embossing, punching. The small ducks in fullrelief on the arch are obtained by welding together the two halves obtained from an embossedsheet. The lions on the disk are also embossed and cut from another sheet.