Rabbit Eating Leaves, Blackbird Eating a Cricket, Columbarium of Scribonius Menophilus

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Francesca Santoro L'hoir
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published on 19 October 2014
Rabbit Eating Leaves, Blackbird Eating a Cricket, Columbarium of Scribonius Menophilus Download Full Size Image

Charming frescoes decorate the walls of this first-century CE columbarium, discovered in 1982 CE on the grounds of the Villa Doria Pamphili. Other wall paintings include fishermen, scenes from tragedy, musical instruments, dancers of death, and Nile scenes.

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Francesca Santoro L'hoir
I am a former college professor and Fellow of the American Academy in Rome, 1997.

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APA Style

L'hoir, F. S. (2014, October 19). Rabbit Eating Leaves, Blackbird Eating a Cricket, Columbarium of Scribonius Menophilus. World History Encyclopedia. Retrieved from https://www.worldhistory.org/image/3149/rabbit-eating-leaves-blackbird-eating-a-cricket-co/

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L'hoir, Francesca Santoro. "Rabbit Eating Leaves, Blackbird Eating a Cricket, Columbarium of Scribonius Menophilus." World History Encyclopedia. Last modified October 19, 2014. https://www.worldhistory.org/image/3149/rabbit-eating-leaves-blackbird-eating-a-cricket-co/.

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L'hoir, Francesca Santoro. "Rabbit Eating Leaves, Blackbird Eating a Cricket, Columbarium of Scribonius Menophilus." World History Encyclopedia. World History Encyclopedia, 19 Oct 2014. Web. 26 Jul 2024.

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